B.J. Terhune — Former Assistant Managing Editor for News

B.J. Terhune is a former assistant managing editor for news at the Los Angeles Times, where she managed the Fast Break Desk, a team of journalists contributing to swift, smart and robust coverage of breaking news and trending topics, from 2020 to 2024.

Terhune started at The Times in 2015 as a copy editor on the morning desk and moved to the Metro department in 2018 to oversee the breaking news team. She also has worked as a manager and editor at the Orange County Register, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Orlando Sentinel. A University of Florida alumna, she is a graduate of Poynter’s 2019 Leadership Academy for Women in Digital Media.