LA Times taps Esquivel as education investigative reporter
Paloma Esquivel has joined the Los Angeles Times metro desk as an education investigative reporter. The move comes as part of the Times’ expansion of education coverage. There, she was part of two teams, one in 2011 and one in 2016 that won Pulitzer Prizes. Before the times, she has worked freelance for The Nation […]
LA Times names Ray metro reporter
Justin Ray is now a metro reporter at the Los Angeles Times and will be leading the Essential California daily newsletter. Previously, he held the post of audience editor. Ray has also served as a digital media editor at Columbia Journalism Review and was a weekend digital editor at NBC New York. He was also […]
LA Times names Chavez deputy metro editor for education
The Los Angeles Times has tapped Stephanie Chavez as deputy metro editor for education. Previously, she was an education editor at the Times. Chavez is an award-winning journalist who has been with the Times since 1992. She was an education reporter from 1992 to 1995 and from 1995 till 2000 she served as deputy city […]
Wigglesworth to cover wildfires for LA Times
The Los Angeles Times has tapped Alex Wigglesworth as a reporter covering wildfires while also reporting on breaking news during fire season and diving deeply into the ecological, climate, economic and political facets of the topic. Wigglesworth has been with the Times since 2016 and has also served as a breaking news reporter and as […]
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 to come. He succeeds Norman Pearlstine, who stepped down in December. Merida previously served as senior vice president and editor-in-chief of […]
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 to that, he was a senior editor at Pasadena Magazine and has worked freelance with his work appearing in Fast Company, […]
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 2014, during which time he served as a blogger/editor for LANow and as an investigative reporter. He also became a Pulitzer […]
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 politics and policy from a California perspective. Mehta has been at the Times since 1998. Before that, she was an intern […]
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 than 10 years, joining as a staff writer in the Washington bureau, covering money and politics. She then became a staff […]
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 Santa Cruz will join the Southwest team. Three additional reporters — one in the South and two in the Southwest — […]
