Candappa will return to IB Times/Newsweek

Dayan Candappa

Dayan Candappa, the global editor in chief at International Business Times, will return to his job next week after the company investigated allegations of sexual harassment, reports Rossalyn Warren of BuzzFeed.

Warren reports, “In an email sent to staff on Friday afternoon, management informed employees Candappa will be returning to his role on Feb. 12.

“Newsweek Media Group say their independent external law firm did a ‘thorough investigation’ and ‘did not find evidence to substantiate the reported allegations of sexual harassment during his tenure with his previous employer,’ Reuters.

“Newsweek also said ‘the investigation found that Candappa has conducted himself in a professional manner at Newsweek Media Group.’

“Candappa, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, and a spokesperson for Newsweek didn’t immediately return a request for comment.

“In an exclusive report published Jan. 29, BuzzFeed News found Reuters removed Dayan Candappa from his role as Americas editor after a senior reporter complained to Reuters management about being sexually harassed by Candappa.”

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Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.