LA Times names Turner senior VP of content business strategy

The following excerpt was sent out from the Los Angeles Times:

Julia Turner has been promoted to the newly created role of senior vice president for content business strategy at the Los Angeles Times, reporting to Executive Editor Kevin Merida.

“Julia is a skilled editor and strategist who has been a key leader in our efforts to cultivate ambitious journalism and ensure that our work is reaching more people,” Merida said. “She has experience working with disparate teams to rally around common objectives and will bring that skill to this new role. She will be instrumental in guiding where the Los Angeles Times should place strategic bets, helping us pursue editorial excellence in ways that support our business goals.”

Merida also said that in her new senior newsroom role, Turner will work closely with colleagues on the business side, aligning editorial and financial goals and leading efforts to refine and expand plans for a wide range of projects.

Turner joined the L.A. Times as a deputy managing editor in 2018 following a 15-year career at Slate, where she served as editor in chief for four years. During her time running Slate, she expanded the online magazine’s audience, podcast network and membership program, and the journalism Slate published was recognized with several honors, including Polk and National Magazine awards. Most recently, she ran the L.A. Times’ coverage of entertainment and sports and worked with newsroom leadership to develop and implement editorial strategy.

Effective immediately, Turner will work within the newsroom and with leaders across the company to drive editorial content strategy and expand on business opportunities associated with The Times’ journalism.