OLD Media News

LA Times names Chavez deputy metro editor for education

Stephanie Chavez

The Los Angeles Times has tapped Stephanie Chavez as deputy metro editor for education. Previously, she was an education editor at the Times.

Chavez is an award-winning journalist who has been with the Times since 1992. She was an education reporter from 1992 to 1995 and from 1995 till 2000 she served as deputy city editor, metro. She then became a general assignment reporter, metro.

From 2004 to 2009 she was California weekend editor and was then promoted to the post of national assignment and web editor. From 2016 till 2019 she served as director of communications and marketing before holding her most recent post of education editor.

In addition, she has also worked at Yahoo, Lewiston Tribune and Finger Lakes Times.

Chavez is a graduate of the University of Southern California.

Mariam Ahmed

Recent Posts

Front Office Sports editor in chief Duerson departs

Adam Duerson, the editor in chief of Front Office Sports, has left the sports news…

1 day ago

WSJ’s Wolfe moves to consumer economics beat

Wall Street Journal reporter Rachel Wolfe is now covering the consumer economy, looking at how people spent…

1 day ago

Hayes, editor at Financial Times, dies at 68

John Hayes, a stalwart of the Financial Times’ sub-editing desk, has died at the age…

2 days ago

Fortune seeks a global news director

Fortune is hiring a Global News Director to oversee breaking news coverage across Europe, the…

2 days ago

Szymanski, longtime biz journalist in Tampa, dies at 63

David Szymanski, a business journalist in the Tampa Bay area dating back to the 1980s,…

2 days ago

WSJ’s Tucker on how to thrive against AI

Charlotte Tobitt of Press Gazette interviewed Wall Street Journal editor in chief Emma Tucker on how it can…

2 days ago