David Sweeney, chief of news at NPR, has been forced out of the organization due to sexual misconduct, an executive told staff Wednesday.
In an internal memo, Chris Turpin, acting senior vice president of news, said it was a “difficult time” for NPR and Sweeney was no longer on staff.
“I know you appreciate that there are some questions I cannot answer in keeping with our practice to not comment on personnel issues, but I will do my best to address those I can,” Turpin said.
Deadline Hollywood reported Sweeney was under investigation by NPR after multiple current and former female staffers accused him of inappropriate behavior that allegedly took place between 2002 and 2007.
On Nov. 1, Michael Oreskes, senior vice president of news and editorial director for NPR, resigned from the organization following a Washington Post report in which two women claimed that he had behaved inappropriately with them almost 20 years ago.
