Al-Masry al-Youm editor-in-chief dismissed from post over election coverage
Editor-in-Chief of Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm Mohamed al-Sayed Saleh was dismissed from his post, after the paper was interrogated and fined over its coverage of the 2018 presidential election.
“It was decided to terminate the contract with Mohamed Sayed Saleh as Editor-in-Chief, but he will be a key writer [for the newspaper] as of April 4,” the Board of Directors’ statement read.