Here's the article I read about the journal editor, btw:
https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/circulation-research-fires-editor-over-homophobic-email-65582He sent the email from his personal (not work/university) account. It looks like the email was first made public on some kind of blog, and the sender (Bolli) confirmed to them he had sent it--so I guess that's kind of like sending it to the press.
The American Heart Association removed him from his position as editor-in-chief of one of their journals. His main job is being a professor at the University of Louisville; I don't know that one really gets paid as a journal editor, it's usually done more for the prestige, but certainly it was a professional thing that has now been taken away from him.