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Associate Editor: Randy Harvey
Deputy Managing Editors: Colin Crawford (Visuals), Marc Duvoisin (Projects, Enterprise)
Assistant Managing Editors: Ashley Dunn (Local and California), Joseph Eckdahl (A1/LATExtra), Henry Fuhrmann (Copy Desks and Standards), Sallie Hofmeister (Arts and Entertainment), Alice Short (Features), Michael Whitley (Design and Graphics)
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LATIMES.COM / MULTIMEDIA
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Editor: Bruce Wallace
Deputy Editor: Mark Porubcansky
Assistant Editors: Roger Ainsley, Paul Feldman, Efrain Hernandez Jr., Kari Howard, Bruce McLeod
World Now: Carol J. Williams
Operations Chief: Mike Faneuff
Foreign Bureaus
Beijing: Barbara Demick (Bureau Chief), David Pierson (Business)
Beirut: Patrick McDonnell
Cairo: Jeffrey Fleishman
Islamabad: Alex Rodriguez
Kabul: Laura King
Jerusalem: Edmund Sanders
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London: Henry Chu
Mexico City: Ken Ellingwood, Tracy Wilkinson (BureauChief)
New Delhi: Mark Magnier
Foreign Copy Desk
Copy Chief: Deborah McKown
Senior Copy Editors: Laura Dominick, Kevin Leung, John Penner, Lee Rogers
Copy Editor: Rachel Dunn
NATIONAL
Editor: Roger Smith
Deputy Editor/2012 Campaign Editor: Cathleen Decker
Political Editor: Steve Clow
Assistant National Editors: Stephanie Chavez, Tami Dennis, Steve Padilla, Connie Stewart (PM)
Nation Now lead reporters: Rene Lynch, Michael Muskal
Top of the Ticket political commentator: David Horsey
Correspondents: Robin Abcarian, Mark Z. Barabak, Richard Simon (D.C.), Ralph Vartabedian (High-Speed Rail), David Zucchino
National Bureaus
Atlanta: Richard Fausset (Bureau Chief)
Houston: Molly Hennessy-Fiske (Bureau Chief)
Las Vegas: John Glionna (Bureau Chief)
New York: Tina Susman
Seattle: Kim Murphy (Bureau Chief)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Bureau Chief: David Lauter
Deputy Bureau Chief: Bob Drogin
Enterprise Editor: Laurie McGinley
Assistant Bureau Chiefs: David Meeks, Tim Phelps
Staff Writers: Neela Banerjee, Brian Bennett, David Cloud, Ken Dilanian, Kim Geiger, Matea Gold,
Kathleen Hennessey, Don Lee, Noam Levey, Lisa Mascaro, Melanie Mason, Mike Memoli,
Christi Parsons, Paul Richter, David Savage, Rick Serrano, Joe Tanfani, Paul West, David Willman
National/D.C. Copy Desk
Copy Chief: Richard Nelson
Senior Copy Editor: Susan Worrell
Copy Editors: Christina de la Cruz, Anne Elisabeth Dillon, Ken Olsen
CALIFORNIA
Assistant Managing Editor: Ashley Dunn
Deputy Editors: Mary Ann Meek, Linda Rogers
Columnists: Sandy Banks, Steve Lopez, George Skelton (Sacramento), Hector Tobar
City Desk
City Editor: Shelby Grad
Morning Assignment Editor: Kimi Yoshino
Assistant Metro Editors: Amanda Covarrubias (Morning Web Editor), Debbie Goffa, Jill Jones (Nights), Carlos Lozano (Weekends), Steve Marble (Regional/Orange County), Monte Morin (Regional)
Staff Writers:
Coast: Tony Barboza
Crime: Andrew Blankstein
Eastside: Esmeralda Bermudez
Enterprise: Mike Anton, Christopher Goffard
Features: Nita Lelyveld
General Assignment: Hector Becerra, Thomas Curwen, Paloma Esquivel, Gale Holland, Angel Jennings, Kate Mather, Bob Pool, Sam Quinones, Matt Stevens, Kurt Streeter, Rosanna Xia
Nights: Robert J. Lopez
Orange County: Nicole Santa Cruz
Regional Government: Sam Allen, Jeff Gottlieb, Abby Sewell
Regional Crime: Richard Winton
San Gabriel Valley: Corina Knoll
San Fernando Valley: Ann Simmons
Ventura County: Kay Saillant
Southeast/Long Beach: Ruben Vives
Westside: Martha Groves
City-County Government
Bureau Chief: Richard Connell
Deputy Bureau Chief: Bill Nottingham
Staff Writers: Anna Gorman (Health), John Hoeffel (Politics), Dan Weikel (Airports/Transportation)
City Hall Bureau Staff Writers: Ari Bloomekatz (Transportation), Kate Linthicum (City Hall), David Zahniser (City Hall), Alexandra Zavis (Social Services)
County Government: Rong-Gong Lin II, Jason Song, Garrett Therolf
Courts/Police
Editor: Matt Lait
Staff Writers: Hailey Branson-Potts (Investigations), Jack Dolan (Investigations), Robert Faturechi (Sheriff), Scott Glover (Investigations), Victoria Kim (Federal), Jack Leonard (District Attorney/Criminal Courts), Ashley Powers (Civil Courts), Joel Rubin (LAPD)
Data Analysis
Data Team Leader: Doug Smith
Data Team Production Coordinator: Maloy Moore
Data Analyst: Sandra Poindexter
Education
Editor: Beth Shuster
Staff Writers: Howard Blume (LAUSD), Stephen Ceasar, Larry Gordon (Higher Education), Carla Rivera (K-12), Rick Rojas, Teresa Watanabe
Projects
Editor: Julie Marquis
Staff Writers: Kim Christensen, Jason Felch, Jessica Garrison, Lisa Girion, Ken Weiss, Alan Zarembo
Sacramento, State Politics and Enterprise
Editor: Linda Rogers
Staff Writers: Michael Finnegan (State Politics), Chris Megerian (State Politics), Seema Mehta (Politics), Jean Merl (Regional Politics), Paul Pringle (Investigations), Maeve Reston (Politics)
Sacramento Bureau Staff Writers: Chris Megerian, Patrick McGreevy, Michael Mishak, Nick Riccardi (Acting Bureau Chief), Anthony York
Science and Medicine
Editor: Karen Kaplan
Staff Writers: Eryn Brown, Melissa Healy, Amina Khan, Rosie Mestel
Specialists, Environment
Editor: Drex Heikes
Staff Writers: Raja Abdulrahim (Religion), Bettina Boxall (Environment), Julie Cart (Environment), Scott Gold (SoCal Research and Intellectual Trends), Mitchell Landsberg (Religion), Joe Mozingo, Louis Sahagun, Rebecca Trounson (Demographics)
State Bureaus
Editor: Geoff Mohan
Central Coast: Steve Chawkins
Fresno: Diana Marcum
Riverside: Phil Willon
San Diego: Rich Marosi, Tony Perry
San Francisco: Maria La Ganga (Bureau Chief), Lee Romney
Supreme Court/San Francisco: Maura Dolan
Support
Department Administrator: Shirley Bermudez
Metro Assistant: Carlos Santana
Metro Copy Desk
Senior Copy Chief, News (Foreign, National, California): Mark McGonigle
Copy Chief: Elizabeth Troy
Assistant Copy Chiefs: Rubaina Azhar, James La Vally, Paul Ybarrondo
Senior Copy Editors: Bob Browning, Larry Harnisch, Steve Hensch
Copy Editors: Matt Ballinger, David Bowman, Vivien Chamichian, Saji Mathai
OBITUARIES
Editor: Claire Noland
Staff Writers: Dennis McLellan, Valerie J. Nelson, Elaine Woo
EDITORIAL PAGES / OPINION
Editor of the Editorial Pages: Nicholas Goldberg
Editor at Large: Jim Newton
Assistant Editorial Page Editor: Janet Duckworth
Op-Ed and Sunday Opinion Editor: Sue Horton
Deputy Op-Ed Editor: Susan Brenneman
Senior Editorial Writer: Michael McGough (D.C.)
Editorial Writers: Robert Greene , Carla Hall , Jon Healey, Sandra Hernandez, Karin Klein, Daniel Turner
Letters Editor: Paul Thornton
Columnists: Doyle McManus, Patt Morrison
Articles Editor: Cherry Gee
Web Producer/Coordinator: Alexandra Le Tellier
Executive Assistant: Linda Hall
Opinion Copy Desk
Copy Chief: Paul Whitefield
BUSINESS
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Editor: John Corrigan
Columnist: Michael Hiltzik
Staff writers: Ken Bensinger, Alana Semuels
Deputy Editor/Sunday Editor: Marla Dickerson
Columnist: David Lazarus
Staff Writers: Marc Lifsher (Sacramento), Ricardo Lopez (California economy), David Pierson (China)
Deputy Editor/Morning Assignment Editor: James S. Granelli
Staff Writers: Jim Puzzanghera (D.C.)
Web Editor/Liaison Editor: Pat Benson
Assistant Editor/Late Desk: David Colker
Staff Writer: Tiffany Hsu (General Assignment/Restaurants)
Assistant Editor: Patrick McMahon
Staff Writers: W.J. Hennigan (Aerospace), Shan Li (Retail), Hugo Martin (Tourism), Chad Terhune (Healthcare)
Markets Editor: Joe Bel Bruno
Staff Writers: Walter Hamilton (Personal Finance, Financial Markets), Stuart Pfeifer (Financial Markets/Business Law), E. Scott Reckard (Banking, Mortgage Lending), Andrew Tangel (Wall Street, Financial Markets)
Autos/Technology Editor: Peter Pae
Staff Writers: Andrea Chang (Technology), Jessica Guynn (Technology, Silicon Valley -- SF), Jerry Hirsch (Autos), Michelle Maltais (Technology), Deborah Netburn (Technology), David Sarno (Technology, Social Networks)
Real Estate/Energy/Ports Editor: Nancy Rivera Brooks
Staff Writers: Lauren Beale (Residential Real Estate, "Hot Property" columnist), Alejandro Lazo (Residential Real Estate), Roger Vincent (Commercial Real Estate), Ronald D. White (Ports, Energy, Manufacturing)
Business Copy Desk
Copy Chief: Brad Hanson
Assistant Copy Chiefs: Brad Bonhall, Minh Dang
Copy Editors: Carol Covey, Steve Eames, Boaz Herzog, Lauren Raab, Dwayne Rogers
SPORTS
Editor: Mike James
Deputy Editors: John Cherwa, Mike Hiserman
Assistant Sports Editors: Athan Atsales, Dan Loumena, Houston Mitchell, Barry Stavro
Baseball: Kevin Baxter (Angels/Dodgers), Mike DiGiovanna ( Angels ), Dylan Hernandez ( Dodgers), Jim Peltz (Angels/Dodgers), Bill Shaikin (National)
Basketball: Mike Bresnahan ( Lakers ), Ben Bolch (Lakers), Brad Turner ( Clippers )
College Basketball: Chris Foster ( UCLA ), Gary Klein (USC)
Boxing/Mixed Martial Arts: Lance Pugmire
Columnists: Bill Dwyre, Helene Elliott, Chris Erskine, Bill Plaschke, T.J. Simers, Eric Sondheimer (High School Sports)
Football: Chris Dufresne (National College), Sam Farmer (NFL), Gary Klein (USC), Chris Foster (UCLA)
General Assignment: Baxter Holmes, David Wharton
Golf: Diane Pucin
High School Sports: Baxter Holmes, Eric Sondheimer
Hockey: Lisa Dillman (Kings/Ducks), Helene Elliott (National)
Investigations: Lance Pugmire
Motor Sports: Jim Peltz
Olympics: Lisa Dillman, Helene Elliott, Diane Pucin
Soccer: Kevin Baxter
Tennis: Diane Pucin
TV/Radio News: Diane Pucin
Department Administrator: Kelly Burgess
Sports Copy Desk
Copy Chief: Dave Bennett
Senior Copy Editors: Kathie Bozanich, Jim Coleman, Steve Horn, Hans Tesselaar
Copy Editors: Mike Davis , Fernando Dominguez, Evita Timmons
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Assistant Managing Editor: Sallie Hofmeister
Online Arts and Entertainment Editor: Megan Garvey (interim)
Deputy Online Arts and Entertainment Editor: Scott Sandell
Daily Calendar Editor: Richard Nordwind
Sunday Calendar Editor: Bret Israel
Night Editor: Lee Margulies
Arts and Culture Editor: Kelly Scott
Deputy Arts and Culture Editor: Sherry Stern
Film Editor: Julie Makinen
Deputy Film Editor: Gina McIntyre
The Envelope Editor: Elena Howe
Pop Music Editor: Lorraine Ali
Television Editor: Martin Miller
Pop Culture and Deputy Television Editor: Joy Press
Assistant Editor, Calendar / Company Town: Charles Fleming
Company Town Editor: Claudia Eller
Night Life Editor: Dean Kuipers
Deputy Night Life/Listings Editor: Chris Barton
Columnists and Lead Bloggers
Celebrity (Ministry of Gossip): Matt Donnelly, Christie D'Zurilla
Business (Company Town): Joe Flint
Film Commentary (The Big Picture): Patrick Goldstein
Movie Industry (24 Frames): Steven Zeitchik
Pop Culture (Hero Complex): Geoff Boucher
Pop Music (Pop & Hiss): Todd Martens
Critics
Architecture: Christopher Hawthorne
Art: Christopher Knight
Classical Music/Dance: Mark Swed
Movies: Betsy Sharkey, Kenneth Turan
Pop Music: Randall Roberts
Television: Robert Lloyd, Mary McNamara
Theater: Charles McNulty
Staff Writers
Art and Architecture: Jori Finkel
Arts and Culture: Mike Boehm, David Ng, Reed Johnson
Company Town: Dawn Chmielewski, Ben Fritz, Meg James, Alex Pham, Richard Verrier
General Assignment: Geoff Boucher, Deborah Vankin
Media: James Rainey
Movies: John Horn, Amy Kaufman, Rebecca Keegan, Susan King, Nicole Sperling
Night Life: Jessica Gelt
Pop Culture/Justice: Harriet Ryan
Pop Music: August Brown, Gerrick Kennedy, Randy Lewis
Television: Greg Braxton, Scott Collins, Yvonne Villarreal
Senior Web Producer/Writer: Patrick Kevin Day
Web Producers/Writers: Noelene Clark, Lili Mihalik, Todd Martens, Jevon Phillips, Nardine Saad
Television Listings Assistant Editor: Ed Stockly
Kids' Reading Room assistant: Jennifer James
Features Copy Desk
Senior Copy Chief (Features, Calendar, Sports, Morning Copy Desk): Loree Matsui
Copy Chiefs:
Daily Calendar: Judy Cramer
Sunday Calendar, Book Review: Steve Elders
The Envelope, Health: Roberta Olson
Assistant Copy Chiefs:
Image: Anne Colby
Travel, Home: Ruthanne Salido
Senior Copy Editor: Daryl Miller
Copy Editors: Alison Dingeldein, Mark Geers, Blake Hennon, Marina Levario, Lynn Meersman, Mark Sachs, Tim Trepany
FEATURES
Assistant Managing Editor: Alice Short
Associate Editor: Susan Denley
Mind & Body Editor: Mary MacVean
Senior Feature Correspondent: Susan Carpenter
Department Administrators/Researchers:
Marilyn Ruiz (Features/Image)
Elena Villanueva (Daily and Sunday Calendar/Books)
Book Review
Editor: Jon Thurber
Deputy Editor: Nick Owchar
Book Critic: David L. Ulin
Staff Writer: Carolyn Kellogg
Editor/Columnist: Russ Parsons
Deputy Editor: Betty Hallock
Restaurant Critics: Jonathan Gold, S. Irene Virbila
Test Kitchen Manager: Noelle Carter
Home
Editor: Craig Nakano
Columnist: Chris Erskine
Senior Correspondent: Mary MacVean
Staff Writer: Lisa Boone
Image
Editor: Susan Denley
Chief Fashion Critic: Booth Moore
Staff Writer: Adam Tschorn
L.A. (The Los Angeles Times Magazine)
Editor: Nancie Clare
Creative Director: Rip Georges
Managing Editor: Helene Goldsen
Design and Culture Editor: Mayer Rus
Associate Editor: Raha Lewis
Art Director: Hansen Smith
Photo Editor: Hannah Harte
Photo Assistant: Jonathan Brown
Copy Chief: Maidel Barrett
Travel
Editor: Catharine Hamm
Deputy Editor: Chris Erskine
Assistant Editor: Anne Harnagel
Staff Writer: Christopher Reynolds
OTHER EDITORIAL DEPARTMENTS
DESIGN
Assistant Managing Editor: Michael Whitley
Deputy Directors: Wes Bausmith, Paul Gonzales, Steven Hawkins, Derek Simmons , Kelli Sullivan
Senior Designers: David Campbell , Kirk Christ, Richard Collins, Tim Hubbard, An Moonen, Dan Santos, Mark Sims, Lorraine Wang, Mark Yemma
Design Editors: Gerard Babb, James Brooks, Bret Edgar, Gary Fong, Mike McKay, Jan Molen, Reuben Muñoz, Judy Pryor, Joey Santos, Bill Sheehan
EDITORIAL FINANCE, BUSINESS AND ADMINISTRATION
Senior Finance Manager: Kate Bernstein
Finance, Rights and Permissions Manager: Bill McElhaney
Rights and Permissions: Erica Verela
EDITORIAL LIBRARY
Director: Cary Schneider
News Researchers: Robin Mayper, Scott Wilson
Obituary Researcher: Kent Coloma
Night Archiving Supervisor: Valerie Hood
Archivists: James Kim, Celia Magdaleno
GRAPHICS
Editor: Les Dunseith
Deputy Editor: Robert Burns
Assistant Editors/Coordinators: Ray Enslow, Tia Lai, Thomas Suh Lauder, Brady MacDonald, Wil Ramirez, Tom Reinken, Julie Sheer
Senior Artists: Lorena Iñiguez, Raoul Rañoa, Doug Stevens (DC)
Artists: Paul Duginski, Matt Moody, Khang Nguyen
LEGAL
Deputy General Counsel: Karlene Goller
Executive Secretary: Maria Villarreal
INTERNSHIPS/METPRO
Director of Newsroom Development: Tracy Boucher
McCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE/LOS ANGELES
Managing Editor: Denise Bennett
News Editors: Carlos Selva, Phil Goldberg
Photography Editor: Timothy Schnupp
MORNING COPY DESK
Copy Chief: Brian Hanrahan
Senior Copy Editor: Art Buckler, Steve Devol
Copy Editors: Don Ragland, Warren Wolfswinkel
NEWS OPERATIONS
Senior Editor, News Operations and Technology: David Rickley
Executive News Editor: Barbara Thomas
News Operations Supervisor: Rita Magsino
Technology Editors: James Angius, Diana Shantic, Katrina Ten
Switchboard Operator: Jerre Sanchez
Editorial Assistants: Dima Alzayat, Tracy Brown, Jasmine Elist, Joseph LaFleur, Caitlin Schneider
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Senior Editor: Scott Kraft
Weekend Editor: Mary Braswell
Executive News Editor: Marcy Springer
PHOTOGRAPHY
Deputy Managing Editor: Colin Crawford
Deputy Directors
Los Angeles, Orange County: Mary Cooney
Metro, State, Sports, Features: Calvin Hom
National, Foreign, A1: Steve Stroud
Senior Editors:
California: Robert St. John
Online Photography, Multimedia: Alan Hagman
Projects, Weekend, National: Mary Vignoles
Photo Editors
Assignments: Marc Martin
Metro, State, Business: Jeremiah Bogert Jr.
Features:
Sunday Calendar, Envelope: Cindy Hively
Image, Home, Health: Ken Kwok
Daily Calendar: Hal Wells
Online: Jerome Adamstein
Online/News: Bryan Chan
Multimedia: Albert Lee
Online/Features: Kathy Pyon
Sports: George Wilhelm
Department Manager: Robbin Goddard
Technology/Multimedia Systems Specialist: Jason Neubert
Photo Systems: David Muronaka
National/Foreign Photo Correspondent: Carolyn Cole (NY)
Senior Photographer/Features: Kirk McKoy
Photographers: Don Bartletti, Liz O. Baylen, Mark Boster, Bob Chamberlin, Jay Clendenin, Anne Cusack, Barbara Davidson, Ricardo DeAratanha, Gina Ferazzi, Gary Friedman, Robert Gauthier, Lawrence K. Ho, Irfan Khan , Glenn Koenig, Robert Lachman, Rick Loomis, Mel Melcon, Genaro Molina, Francine Orr, Michael Robinson Chavez, Allen J. Schaben, Al Seib, Luis Sinco, Wally Skalij, Brian Vander Brug
Photo Specialists: Veronika Derugin, Scott Harrison
VIDEO
Director: Mary Cooney
Videojournalists: Jeff Amlotte, Myung Chun, Don Kelsen
Department Administrator: Elsa Luna
PROJECTS
Senior Editors: Roxane Arnold, Millie Quan
READERS' REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE
Readers' Representative: Deirdre Edgar
Research Assistant: Maria Villarreal
