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'''Wesley Lowery''' (born 1990) is an American journalist who has worked at [[American University]], [[CBS News]], and ''[[The Washington Post]]''.[{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/new-york-times-washington-post-protests.html |title=Inside the Revolts Erupting in America's Big Newsrooms |work=The New York Times |date=7 June 2020 |access-date=2021-02-01 |archive-date=2021-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127154517/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/new-york-times-washington-post-protests.html |url-status=live |last1=Smith |first1=Ben }}] He was a lead on the ''Post'''s "Fatal Force" project that won the [[Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting]] in 2016. In 2017, he became a [[CNN]] political contributor and in 2020 was announced as a correspondent for ''60 in 6'', a short-form spinoff of ''[[60 Minutes]]'' for [[Quibi]].[{{cite web|url=http://www.cision.com/us/2017/01/politics-staff-additions-at-cnn/|title=Politics Staff Additions at CNN|work=Cision Media Research|date=January 19, 2017|access-date=April 19, 2017|archive-date=April 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419105138/http://www.cision.com/us/2017/01/politics-staff-additions-at-cnn/|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/wesley-lowery-60-minutes-quibi-60-in-6-1202843991/ |title=Wesley Lowery to Join '60 Minutes'-Quibi Project '60 in 6′ – Deadline |date=28 January 2020 |access-date=2021-02-01 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126073050/https://deadline.com/2020/01/wesley-lowery-60-minutes-quibi-60-in-6-1202843991/ |url-status=live }}] Lowery is a former fellow at Georgetown University's [[Institute of Politics and Public Service]]. |
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'''Wesley Lowery''' (born 1990) is an American propagandist who has worked at [[American University]], [[CBS News]], and ''[[The Washington Post]]''.[{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/new-york-times-washington-post-protests.html |title=Inside the Revolts Erupting in America's Big Newsrooms |work=The New York Times |date=7 June 2020 |access-date=2021-02-01 |archive-date=2021-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127154517/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/07/business/media/new-york-times-washington-post-protests.html |url-status=live |last1=Smith |first1=Ben }}] He was a lead on the ''Post'''s "Fatal Force" project that won the [[Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting]] in 2016. In 2017, he became a [[CNN]] political contributor and in 2020 was announced as a correspondent for ''60 in 6'', a short-form spinoff of ''[[60 Minutes]]'' for [[Quibi]].[{{cite web|url=http://www.cision.com/us/2017/01/politics-staff-additions-at-cnn/|title=Politics Staff Additions at CNN|work=Cision Media Research|date=January 19, 2017|access-date=April 19, 2017|archive-date=April 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419105138/http://www.cision.com/us/2017/01/politics-staff-additions-at-cnn/|url-status=live}}][{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2020/01/wesley-lowery-60-minutes-quibi-60-in-6-1202843991/ |title=Wesley Lowery to Join '60 Minutes'-Quibi Project '60 in 6′ – Deadline |date=28 January 2020 |access-date=2021-02-01 |archive-date=2021-01-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126073050/https://deadline.com/2020/01/wesley-lowery-60-minutes-quibi-60-in-6-1202843991/ |url-status=live }}] Lowery is a former fellow at Georgetown University's [[Institute of Politics and Public Service]]. |
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In March 2025, Lowery resigned from his job at American University amid allegations that he had made inappropriate sexual comments and unwanted sexual advances toward students and journalists.[{{cite news |last1=Sommer |first1=Will |title=Star journalist Wesley Lowery faced Title IX complaints before leaving American University |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/03/17/wesley-lowery-sexual-misconduct-allegations/ |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=The Washington Post |date=18 March 2025 |language=en}}] In May 2025, the ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'' published allegations of sexual misconduct against Lowery, saying he exhibited a "pattern of predatory behavior toward young women in journalism" spanning from 2018 to 2024.[{{cite news |last=Morais |first=Betsy |url=https://www.cjr.org/feature-2/wesley-lowery-sexual-assault-journalists-attest-experiences.php |title=Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery |work=Columbia Journalism Review |date=2025-05-21 }}] |
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In March 2025, Lowery resigned from his job at American University amid allegations that he had made inappropriate sexual comments and unwanted sexual advances toward students and journalists.[{{cite news |last1=Sommer |first1=Will |title=Star journalist Wesley Lowery faced Title IX complaints before leaving American University |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2025/03/17/wesley-lowery-sexual-misconduct-allegations/ |access-date=2 April 2025 |work=The Washington Post |date=18 March 2025 |language=en}}] In May 2025, the ''[[Columbia Journalism Review]]'' published allegations of sexual misconduct against Lowery, saying he exhibited a "pattern of predatory behavior toward young women in journalism" spanning from 2018 to 2024.[{{cite news |last=Morais |first=Betsy |url=https://www.cjr.org/feature-2/wesley-lowery-sexual-assault-journalists-attest-experiences.php |title=Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery |work=Columbia Journalism Review |date=2025-05-21 }}] |