LA Times names Merida executive editor
Veteran journalist Kevin Merida has left ESPN to join the Los Angeles Times as its executive editor. In his new role, Merida will transform the newspaper into a digital powerhouse that thrives for decades...
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Fleischer joins SF Chronicle as editorial page editor
Matthew Fleischer is now an editorial page editor at the San Francisco Chronicle. He comes from Los Angeles Times where he served as a senior digital editor, Opinion for more than 5 years. Prior...
LA Times hires Lopez as accountability reporter
Robert Lopez has re-joined the Los Angeles Times as a senior community accountability reporter on the Metro team. Lopez was previously with the Times for more than 22 years, from August 1992 to September...
LA Times announces three new staff updates
Seema Mehta, a staff writer at Los Angeles Times will now be covering state politics and statewide races, in coordination with the Sacramento bureau. She will also be focusing on the intersection of federal...
LA Times taps Mason as national political correspondent
Melanie Mason is now L.A.-based national political correspondent at the Los Angeles Times. In her new role, she will focus on campaigns, constituencies and related issues. Mason has been with the Times for more...
ProPublica announces new hires for its new regional reporting units
ProPublica sent out the following excerpt announcement: Max Blau, Nicole Carr, Doug Bock Clark, Aliyya Swaby and Seth Freed Wessler will join the team covering the South, and Eli Hager, Mary Hudetz and Nicole...
Wides-Muñoz departs ABC News for LA Times
Laura Wides-Muñoz has joined the Los Angeles Times as deputy editor, Washington bureau. Before joining the LA Times, Wides-Muñoz was executive editor for news practice at ABC News. Prior to that, she was at...
NY Times hires three on the Live team
The following announcement was sent out by The New York Times assistant managing editor Marc Lacey: With our desire to bring more readers into New York Times journalism as it’s breaking, through briefings, blogs,...
NY Times hires Morgan as reporter
Emmanuel Morgan will be joining The New York Times as a reporter, initially working as a general assignment reporter before moving on to cover the N.F.L. His new role begins next month. Morgan joins...
O’Toole named second A&S distinguished visiting journalist
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Molly O’Toole will be the next Zubrow Distinguished Visiting Journalist Fellow for the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University. The Zubrow Fellows program aims to connect students, faculty and...
