Managing Editor Dan Fletcher Leaving Facebook

Facebook Managing Editor Dan Fletcher announced in a post on his Facebook page that he will leave the social network in April, after revealing the news Wednesday during a talk at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., as reported by two journalism students at the school in a post on PBS MediaShift.

Facebook Managing Editor Dan Fletcher announced in a post on his Facebook page that he will leave the social network in April, after revealing the news Wednesday during a talk at the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University in Pullman, Wash., as reported by two journalism students at the school in a post on PBS MediaShift.

Justin Runquist and Kaitlin Gillepsie of Murrow News Service, which provides stories written by students at the school, reported that Fletcher said he would launch his own online startup, and he indicated that he was confused as to why Facebook hired him in the first place.

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