It’s disturbing when a Pulitzer-nominated investigative reporter is summarily fired by a newspaper, but especially so when the reasons for the firing fail to add up.
In a swift move that has shaken the L.A. Times newsroom, reporter Jason Felch was fired a week ago after Occidental College officials chose to challenge a front-page story he had written three months previously about sexual assaults that the college allegedly failed to report.
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On Friday, L.A. Times editor Davan Maharaj briefed investigative reporters about the Felch mess in order to figure out lessons learned and “to assuage concerns,” TheWrap has learned.