NPR's senior vice president of news Michael Oreskes stepped down on Wednesday amid allegations of sexual harassment in his past. Before joining NPR in 2015, he was a vice president and senior managing editor at the Associated Press. In a Wednesday morning memo to staff, hours before Oreskes stepped down, NPR CEO Jarl Mohn stressed that the company was taking the allegations seriously. "I'm writing to share that I've asked Vice President of News Programming and Operations Chris Turpin to take on interim leadership of the newsroom," Mohn said. "Starting today, Chris will serve in the capacity of the Senior Vice President of News for NPR and oversee both strategic direction and day to day operations related to our journalism."

Source: CNN November 01, 2017 13:11 UTC