LA Times union president Pesce leaving for The Washington Post

Anthony Pesce will be joining The Washington Post as a senior engineer on The Post’s engineering team which is dedicated to supporting its politics coverage. In his new role, Pesce Pesce will develop and analyze The Post’s election data visualizations, optimizing them across devices to ensure readers are getting the best possible experience. Later on, […]

LA Times journalist Kim departs for WSJ

Kyle Kim will be joining the Wall Street Journal as a graphics reporter after leaving the Los Angeles Times at the end of this week. In his new role, Kim will be working with Hanna J. Sender, Tonia Cowan and Shazna Nessa along with the WSJ graphics crew. Currently, Kim is a data/graphics journalist at […]

LA Times strikes a deal with its union

After 15 months of negotiation, the LA Times’ leadership and the paper’s guild have struck a deal. The contract includes an immediate pay raise of at least five percent for newsroom employees, parental leave, book deal rights for journalists, diversity commitments, and more. The Los Angeles Times’ unionization was a major milestone in the union […]

Beyoud, Dean awarded NPF fellowships to Wharton Biz seminars

Lydia Beyoud, a fintech and financial services reporter for Bloomberg Law, and Sam Dean, a tech reporter for the Los Angeles Times, have been awarded the National Press Foundation’s fellowships to attend the Wharton School of Business’s seminars for business journalists. Beyoud has been with Bloomberg Law for two years. Prior to that, she worked […]