Former Columbia Journalism Review Editor Defends “Pointed Interactions” With Staff After Firing

Former Columbia Journalism Review Editor Defends “Pointed Interactions” With Staff After Firing

Texas Tribune and Los Angeles Times alum Sewell Chan says he engaged in “normal workplace interactions” but was ousted over subordinates’ complaints.

Sewell Chan Says He Was Fired From CJR After 'Pointed' Interaction With Writer 'Devoted' to Gaza

Sewell Chan on Friday said he was fired as the executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review after staffers complained about several recent “pointed interactions.” One of those interactions, Chan said in a statement shared with TheWrap and posted on X, was with a writer who was “passionately devoted to the cause of the Gaza protests” who had covered the “recent detention of a Palestinian graduate for an online publication he had just writte…

Sewell Chan’s abrupt firing as editor of the CJR raises a lot of questions. So far, there are no answers.

Sewell Chan, right, with USA Today’s Susan Page at an event at the LBJ Library in 2024. LBJ Library photo by Laura Skelding. I hope we learn more soon about why Columbia Journalism Review executive editor Sewell Chan was abruptly fired on Friday. In the immediate aftermath, he has been portrayed as the boss from hell, while Chan himself has claimed he was the victim of a toxic workplace culture. I’ve never heard anyone say a bad word about eithe…

Columbia Journalism Review Terminates Editor Sewell Chan Amid Staff Complaints – The Black Examiner

Sewell Chan, the executive editor of the Columbia Journalism Review (CJR), was abruptly fired on Thursday after less than a year in the role, following staff grievances about his conduct. Chan confirmed the dismissal, calling it a “hasty, ill-considered, and baffling” decision. Columbia Journalism School Dean Jelani Cobb announced Chan’s immediate departure in a Friday email to staff, praising the team’s “resilience and dedication” amid the uphe…

Columbia University is cutting ties with Sewell Chan, Columbia Journalism Review editor since June 2024; Betsy Morais will serve as interim director

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