- New York Daily News Sunday managing editor Alexander ‘Doc’ Jones is reportedly being investigated over workplace harassment allegations
- At least some of the allegations are said to have involved sexual misconduct
- Jones allegedly forcibly kissed female staffers after arranging meetings outside of the office with them to discuss career advice
- Earlier in the week, it was revealed that managing editor Rob Moore was under investigation for workplace harassment claims as well
Another New York Daily News editor is under investigation for alleged workplace harassment, at least some of which is said to have involved sexual misconduct.
New York Daily News Sunday managing editor Alexander ‘Doc’ Jones is now the second senior editor at the newspaper to be investigated over accusations of harassment this week, HuffPost reports.
Three former and current Daily News employees said that Jones had a ‘pattern’ of behaving inappropriately towards the newsroom’s female staff.
New York Daily News Sunday paper managing editor Alexander ‘Doc’ Jones is now the second high-ranking editor at the newspaper to be investigated over accusations of harassment
Some of the workplace harassment complaints that were lodged against Jones were said to have been sexual and have taken place both inside the office and outside of it.
A former staffer confirmed to HuffPost that among the accusations were claims that Jones forcibly kissed employees.
One ex-Daily News staffer said that Jones approached female employees in ‘a way that was not really appropriate.’
One of the female victims of Jones’ alleged actions told the New York Post that unwanted kissing occurred after he had arranged off-site meetings for the purpose of giving career advice.
Jones allegedly forcibly kissed female staffers after arranging out of office meetings with them
Earlier in the week, it was reported that Daily News managing editor Rob Moore was being investigated for workplace harassment, based on a complaint that was filed in December
Jones, who has worked for the newspaper for 24 years and is a father of three, is said to have been escorted out of the Daily News headquarters on Thursday.
A spokesperson for Tronc, the Daily News’ parent company, told HuffPost on Thursday that Jones is ‘still employed’ at the newspaper.
On January 22, NPR reported that Daily News managing editor Rob Moore was accused of workplace harassment which was also sexual in nature at times.
Tronc confirmed that an NPR query about a harassment complaint filed in December had sparked the investigation into Moore’s behavior.
The Post reported that at least four former female Daily News staffers had filed a complaint against Moore. The complaint was filed anonymously.