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WSJ fires video editor over sexual misconduct

The Wall Street Journal’s top video editor, Chris Moran, has been fired for sexual misconduct allegations following an internal review, reports Amber Athey and Joe Simonson of The Daily Caller.

Athey and Simonson report, “‘Dow Jones takes allegations of misconduct very seriously,’ the spokesperson said in a statement to The Daily Caller News Foundation. ‘Following an internal review, Chris Moran is no longer employed by The Wall Street Journal.’

“The spokesperson did not provide any details about the allegations against Moran.

“Three sources, including a member of the WSJ video team, a Dow Jones employee, and a senior media executive with knowledge of the firing, all told The Daily Caller that Moran was recently let go from the newspaper for misconduct.

“The Dow Jones employee and senior media executive both confirmed that Moran was removed after being accused of sexual misconduct.”

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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.