LA Times Comms Dept

News, tidbits & spin from @latimes Communications Department.

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

@JoeBelBruno https://t.co/6TDSmjRbRv

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

This is not true. The Soon-Shiongs have no interest in selling the L.A. Times.

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

This is not true. The Soon-Shiongs have no interest in selling the L.A. Times.

[Joe Bel Bruno @JoeBelBruno]

BREAKING: Jay Penske wants to buy the LA Times. https://t.co/g6en6MqKDk

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

ICYMI: @hannahcwiley joined @KQEDForum to discuss California’s epidemic of missing and murdered Indigenous women and her reporting on how Humboldt County’s Yurok Tribe is addressing the crisis.

Read the story: https://t.co/Uo8Pm1dhl9

🎙️Listen here:
https://t.co/VlEHBsauVx

[Rosanna Xia @RosannaXia]

I have a new story today that's particularly special — and something that I really put my heart into.

It's the first ever Column One at the @latimes in audio form; you get to hear me geek out with @DrLucyJones for 30 min on climate change + music! https://t.co/OdZVaAY8mc

[Elvia Limón @elvialimon]

Today, @LATkarenkaplan wrote the last edition of the Coronavirus Today newsletter. I highly recommend reading it. Life has changed so much in the last three years.
https://t.co/1EP5wIjyWo

[PetaPixel @petapixel]

LA Times photographer @JasonArmond and photo editor @keithbedford teamed up to create these stunning portraits of people at Black Market Flea; part of the newspaper's Behold project.
https://t.co/TU91vyZnXQ

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

🚨New podcast alert 🚨

On April 11, the @latimes will debut "Foretold," a series hosted by @faithepinho about fate, family and fortunetelling. Listen to the trailer and learn more in the press release: https://t.co/1GQRG51Ggj

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

Tonight 'L.A. Times Today' will present an hour-long special examining the impact of gun violence in Southern California. 📺Tune-in to @SpecNews1SoCal at 7pm. More here: https://t.co/FZkOoHk4jH

[sara yasin @sarayasin]

I am so proud of @yamphoto for winning the Robert Capa Gold Medal award for his incredible work in Ukraine. We are so lucky to have him at the @latimes 💫
https://t.co/OkJqm8XsCv

[LA Press Club @LAPressClub]

Alene Tchekmedyian to Receive the #LA #Press Club’s Guardian #Award @latimes @AleneTchek
https://t.co/o1yVyXtqwX #lapressclub #Journalist #LATIMES #awards #GALA @millennbiltmore
June 25 2023 #LosAngeles

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

Welcome, Deborah Anderluh! Say hello to @latimes' state editor:

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

@THSResister Our colleagues in the newsroom have done quite a bit of reporting on the high price of natural gas. Here's a recent story that may be helpful: https://t.co/c75vuzB9fX

[Julia Turner @juliaturner]

Extremely excited about this new role I'm taking on at the @latimes. Can't wait to work with @meridak and the rest of my extraordinary colleagues in a new capacity.
https://t.co/WlKlUQqGCj

[Teresa Watanabe @TeresaWatanabe]

Gratified that the @latimes announced today it would drop use of "internment" to describe the mass incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during WWII. My story about my family's wartime experiences explains why this matters. https://t.co/cliSNrnKMu @aaja @AAJAla

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

Today the @latimes announced the lineup for the 28th annual Festival of Books (@latimesfob), April 22 & 23. See who's participating and learn more about the event: https://t.co/LA8qK4sOX6

[Deadline White House @DeadlineWH]

"The last couple of years have really been the years that for a lot of Asian Americans like myself, the issue of gun violence became really real... There is also an issue of mental health and how that's been stigmatized..." - @JeongPark52 w/ @NicolleDWallace

[Liam Dillon @dillonliam]

In 2020, incoming LA Councilmember Kevin de León held a meeting with city officials on residential hotels owned by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation.

But he didn't disclose he was collecting a six-figure salary from the foundation at the time, officials said https://t.co/57FqQEh6Lz

[Irfan Khan عرفان @Irfan_latfoto]

Fantastic news. Welcome to @latimes Kim.
Kim Chapin to join the L.A. Times as executive director for photography https://t.co/A6GZbjCnPg

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

.@latimes' Latino Initiatives team is assembling and they're working on something special. Follow along with them here or, if you haven't already, sign up for the newsletter for a weekly read on Latino culture and identity and glimpses of what's to come: https://t.co/KRbFofknyv

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

About 6 mos. ago, @latimes named @ajrod GM for Latino Initiatives, with @fidmart85 becoming editorial director and @A_MartinaIbanez design director. If you follow the Latinx Files, then you're getting a taste of what they're working on: https://t.co/KRbFofknyv

[LA Times Comms Dept @LATimesFreshInk]

Within the last week, three more journalists have joined the Latino Initiatives roster:

@HexPositive is the culture columnist
https://t.co/3S6ytq8Cug

@Spacehoes_ is the art director
https://t.co/v15GKCTBl1

@JessicaPerezLA2 is the community editor
https://t.co/vEZ8KEdDzX

[Jessica Perez @JessicaPerezLA2]

Ooh! I finally get to say this...

After 5 years at as a digital news nerd with eyes on breaking news, I am now joining the @latimes Latino Initiatives team as community editor https://t.co/AmfSZgU84A