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Former Baltimore Sun editor Monty Cook, who joined the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Journalism School in April to lead an innovative online news operation, resigned Tuesday over a relationship with a female student. Conversations of a sexual nature occurred between Cook, who is married with two children, and the student over an instant messaging service, reports Shane Ryan. || Related Daily Tar Heel story.
> Read the j-school dean’s Nov. 15 letter to Cook [PDF]
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Ex-editor Cook leaves UNC j-school over inappropriate relationship with student
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