Stokols joins Politico as a White House reporter
Politico has hired Eli Stokols to serve on the White House team and to help helm the West Wing Playbook newsletter. He begins Oct. 31. Recently, Stokols was a White House reporter for the Los Angeles Times. He was a political analyst at MSNBC and a White House reporter at The Wall Street Journal. He […]
LA Times adds Vazquez, Taylor to news design team
The following was sent out on behalf the Los Angeles Times’ deputy design director Allison Hong: We are pleased to announce that Alejandro Vazquez and Paula Taylor have joined the News design team as art directors. In their temporary roles, they will create layouts and visuals for the main news section, California, Business and Opinion […]
Bercovici named LA Times biz editor as Muessig becomes AME
The following announcement was sent on behalf of Los Angeles Times executive editor Kevin Merida and managing editor Sara Yasin: We’re excited to announce several shifts among our staff that will help stimulate our ambition and enhance our report. Ben Muessig has been promoted to assistant managing editor for storytelling, a new role intended to […]
NY Times hires Baumgaertner on the health desk
Emily Baumgaertner will join The New York Times’ health desk as a roving national health correspondent. Baumgaertner begins on September 6. Previously, Baumgaertner worked at the Times from March 2017 to February 2019 as a news assistant in its Washington bureau. Recently, she was at the Los Angeles Times, where she covered the pandemic and […]
Geen swaps Hearst for LA Times
Georgia Geen, senior producer for social media at Hearst Connecticut Media Group, has left to join the Los Angeles Times as a multiplatform editor, working with Apple News and other aggregators. Geen was previously an intern at the Los Angeles Times from June 2020 to August 2020. Additionally, she has interned at the Roanoke Times […]
LA Times appoints John national political correspondent
The following excerpt announcement was sent out by Los Angeles Times Washington bureau chief Kimbriell Kelly: Arit John has joined the Los Angeles Times Washington Bureau as national political correspondent, a role she has been serving in temporarily since November. She started at The Times in February 2020 to write about the presidential campaign, then […]
LA Times names Subramanian correspondent in Washington
Courtney Subramanian will be joining the Los Angeles Times’ White House team in the Washington bureau as a correspondent. Her new role begins on April 4. Recently, she has been working as a White House correspondent at USA Today. Before that, she was at BBC News, where she served as a news reporter and news […]
Yasin to join LA Times as managing editor
Sara Yasin will be joining the Los Angeles Times as managing editor, overseeing the daily news operation and the photo and data and graphics teams. She begins on April 18. Currently, Yasin is managing editor, news, at BuzzFeed News. Previously, she served as director of news curation, deputy director for news curation, lead editor for […]
LA Times hires Briscoe to cover environment and air quality
The Los Angeles Times has hired ProPublica reporter Tony Briscoe to cover air quality and environmental health. He will start on April 4. He previously worked at The Chicago Tribune as an environmental reporter, writing extensively about issues facing the Great Lakes and the impacts of climate change in the Midwest. His reporting on the Illinois […]
Woo joins LA Times as West Coast experiences editor
Michelle Woo has joined the Los Angeles Times as a West Coast experiences editor. She comes from Medium, where she was editor-in-chief of Forge, Medium’s publication for personal development. Before that, she was parenting editor at Lifehacker. Gizmodo Media Group. She was also a writer/story producer at Reddit, Inc. and has also worked freelance. She […]
