[2] In 1973, Foreman became a features reporter for The Philadelphia Inquirer after meeting the editor Eugene L. Roberts Jr. when he was the chief Southern and civil rights correspondent for The New York Times.
She was The Inquirer's first woman political writer where she focused on the 1975 mayoral candidates Frank L. Rizzo and Peter J.
In August 1977, The Inquirer reported that she was romantically involved with Cianfrani as a part of an FBI investigation on his income and expenditures, and questions began to swell about her professional integrity.
[2] Their 5-page, 17,000-word article exposed internal rivalries at the paper and found that editors had looked the other way to protect a favored reporter.
[4]The Inquirer developed their first ethics code which called for staff to avoid conflict, talk to their managers about any issues, and banned gifts from sources.
[5] Noting the harsh punishment in the case, critics saw a double standard, with different consequences for men and women in similar circumstances.