Editor's private life made public

Des Moines Register Managing Editor David Westphal and Editor Geneva Overholser both left the newspaper because of frustrations with the management of the newspaper, but Register reporters, siding with the management, have uncovered other personal reasons that may have been behind their departures. Both were in the process of divorcing their spouses, and both bought a house together in Des Moines, according to real estate records. The Register published a follow-up story revealing this new information, but other local and national newspaper officials have been critical of such a story.
Des Moines Register story reveals some personal details about the life of its former editor Geneva Overholser; Register news execs defend the story; Overholser wonders why TURNS OUT, THERE was [...]