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 […]
NY Times adds to Live team
The New York Times has hired Matthew Mpoke Bigg as a live correspondent, based in London and Victoria Kim as a live correspondent, based in Seoul. Bigg was recently working as regional editor, Europe, at UNHCR, the U.N. Refugee Agency. Previously, he was at Reuters, where he held various roles, including specialist desk editor, senior […]
LA Times appoints Amos deputy editor of social media
The following excerpt announcement was sent out on behalf of Los Angeles Times assistant managing editor for audience Samantha Melbourneweaver: I’m pleased to announce that Candace Amos has joined the audience engagement team as deputy editor of social media. Amos will oversee social media at The Times and manage the core social team of Maneeza […]
Anaya-Morga joins Long Beach Post as a general assignment reporter
The Long Beach Post has hired Laura Anaya-Morga as a general assignment reporter. She comes from the Los Angeles Times, where she was an editorial assistant and metro intern. She was a multimedia intern at ¡Presente! in Philadelphia, which aims to produce bilingual journalistic articles and documentaries focused on social justice. Anaya-Morga has a B.S. […]
WSJ hires Cloud as Middle East correspondent
The Wall Street Journal has tapped David Cloud as its Middle East correspondent. He will be based in Dubai. Cloud has previously covered the Pentagon, military and other national issues from the Los Angeles Times Washington bureau. In his 30-year career, Cloud has also worked at the New York Times. He was also previously with […]
AP taps Megerian on the White House team
Chris Megerian, White House correspondent at the Los Angeles Times, will be leaving to join the White House team at The Associated Press. He has also covered politics, the state police and the prison system for The Star-Ledger, and was an intern at Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Businessweek, and the Gwinnett Daily Post in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Megerian […]
Los Angeles Times hires Rosenhall to cover state politics and policy
Laurel Rosenhall has joined the Los Angeles Times as an editorial writer covering California politics and policy as a member of the LA Times editorial board. She joins from CalMatters, a nonprofit digital news venture, where she was a founding reporter covering politics. She has reported for The Sacramento Bee for over 12 years and […]
Syeed joins LA Times as assistant op-ed editor
The Los Angeles Times has tapped Nafessa Syeed as an assistant op-ed editor. Syeed’s career as a journalist has spanned the U.S., South Asia, Middle East, and North and East Africa. She begins Dec. 13. She has reported and edited for the Associated Press in the Iowa and Washington bureaus, and was a national security […]
