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Hanaa' TameezJanuary 25, 2024

After LA Times layoffs, questions about diversity and seniority swirl

Disagreements between the LA Times and its Guild over seniority protections ended in more than 60 journalists of color being laid off.

Andrew Donohue, Voice of San DiegoNovember 6, 2023

This is the beginning of the end for The San Diego Union-Tribune

Under new owner Alden Global Capital, there’s no plan for the future. There’s just revenue extraction for as long as a generation of older newspaper subscribers live to keep paying their bills.

Danny HayesNovember 1, 2023

Why are journalists losing their jobs in record numbers? Blame the Trump slump

“A greater sense of normalcy may be good for people’s mental health, but not news profits.”

Joshua BentonJuly 17, 2023

The Los Angeles Times is definitely either for sale or not for sale

Despite denials, don’t be surprised if control passes from billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong sometimes soon. But it’s not necessarily bad news.

Hanaa' TameezJuly 10, 2023

A different kind of “both sides”: The LA Times’ new section De Los aims to draw Latino readers without the paywall

“There is no future for the LA Times without Latino subscribers, because that’s who lives here.”

Laura Hazard OwenOctober 27, 2022

The LA Times’ Día de Muertos digital altar was its most successful audience call-out ever

“Our initial hope was to get 40 or 50 submissions. We ended up receiving more than 1,000 ofrendas from across the country, and in four languages.”

Sarah ScireJune 22, 2022

The Los Angeles Times gets a fully staffed “burner account”

The first-of-its-kind team is offering “views, vibes, and commentary.”

Sarah ScireOctober 25, 2021

Meet the editor building a “meme team” at the Los Angeles Times

Samantha Melbourneweaver on the biggest mistake news organizations make with younger readers, the audience team’s growing role within the newsroom, and “getting weird” online.

Nikki UsherJuly 12, 2021

“White audiences who will pay” is still metro newspapers’ survival strategy

“We don’t write for white subscribers, but it ends up being white people who read us,” a Midwestern news executive told an audience earlier this year.

Sarah ScireApril 30, 2021

Not just “elected officials and policy experts”: Top editors are trying to refocus the opinion pages on regular people

Editors at The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post (and one opinionated Substacker) discussed the rapid growth of opinion in online journalism.

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