Los Angeles Times seeks a senior editor, Features

The Los Angeles Times is looking to hire an experienced editor to join the Features team. This editor will assign and edit stories across the department’s core topics, with an emphasis on wellness through a California lens. We take an expansive view of wellness as it relates to mind, body and spirit. Our Wellness coverage includes features on what’s […]

Los Angeles Times seeks a news reporter, De Los (temporary)

The Los Angeles Times is seeking a part-time, temporary reporter to join our growing team of journalists working on De Los, an initiative focused on building relationships with the Latino community. Job Description: The successful candidate will have experience working in Latino or Spanish-language news media or have prior experience writing on topics that focus […]

LA Times names Plevin reporter, equity initiative

Rebecca Plevin has joined the Los Angeles Times as a reporter for equity initiative. As per the Times: “In her new role at The Times, Plevin will explore the challenges facing low-income communities and efforts being made to address the economic divide in California, with a particular focus on Southern California and the Central Valley.” […]

LA Times taps Carras to cover business of entertainment

Los Angeles Company Town and A&E Investigations editor Richard Verrier sent out the following on Monday: We are pleased to announce that Christi Carras is joining the Company Town team to cover the business of entertainment. Carras, a UCLA graduate with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a minor in film, TV and digital media, […]

John swaps LA Times for CNN

Arit John has joined CNN as a national politics reporter to cover the 2024 presidential election, the stories that come up as voters evaluate the candidate field and the issues important to them. John will be based in Washington, D.C. Recently, she was a national political correspondent at The Los Angeles Times, where she joined […]

Los Angeles Times seeks a senior editor, features

The Los Angeles Times is looking to hire an experienced editor to join the Features team. This editor will assign and edit stories across the department’s core topics, with an emphasis on wellness through a California lens. We take an expansive view of wellness as it relates to mind, body and spirit. Our Wellness coverage […]

Politico adds three to expand California politics coverage

The following excerpt was sent out from Politico’s editor-in-chief Matt Kaminski, executive editor, platforms and operations, Joe Schatz, editorial director states Ryan Hutchins, California editor Katy Murphy and California bureau chief Chris Cadelago: Team – As you may have read in California Playbook this morning: We’re expanding our impact and influence by the day in […]

Gerber joins LA Times biz desk as enterprise reporter

Los Angeles Times business editor Jeff Bercovici sent out the following on Wednesday: Marisa Gerber has joined Business as an enterprise reporter who will focus on ambitious, high-impact narrative journalism that captures the realities and stakes of a changing economy in the state and elsewhere. Her focus will encompass subjects including immigration, automation, the housing […]

LA Times hires Merchant as tech columnist

Los Angeles Times business editor Jeff Bercovici sent out the following on Friday: It’s my great pleasure to announce that Brian Merchant is joining Business as our new technology columnist. For years, I’ve been a fan and frequent envier of Merchant’s work on the tech beat, and I know some of you share that experience. […]

Fonseca departs LAist.com for LA Times

Ryan Fonseca has joined the Los Angeles Times as a writer for its “Essential California” newsletter. Fonseca is an instructor in the journalism department at California State University. Recently, Fonseca was an associate editor for LAist.com at Southern California Public Radio. He was a digital news editor at the Los Angeles Daily News and from […]