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Jessica Roy is an assistant editor on the Utility Journalism team at the Los Angeles Times. The team publishes stories and information that help people solve problems, answer questions, and make big decisions about life in and around Los Angeles.
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Adrienne Shih is a former audience engagement editor for national politics who was based out the Los Angeles Times’ Washington, D.C., bureau.
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Nicole Santa Cruz is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer and lead reporter for the Homicide Report. She joined The Times in 2009 and previously covered Orange County and national news such as the Gabrielle Giffords shooting and the Louisiana oil spill. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona.
Seth Liss is the director of audience engagement at the Los Angeles Times. He has worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Sun Sentinel in South Florida, and WAMU, the NPR station in Washington. Liss was managing editor at the Poynter Institute before joining Tribune in 2016 as a digital content director.
Fidel Martinez writes the Latinx Files, a weekly newsletter that focuses on the American Latinx experience. He started at The Times in 2018 as an audience engagement editor, focusing on sports. Previously he worked as politics editor for Mitu, as a social storytelling producer for Fusion Media Group and content curator and managing editor for Break Media. He is a proud Tejano who will fight anyone who disparages flour tortillas.
As a West Coast Experiences reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Lila Seidman explores the grandeur and simple pleasures of the Golden State’s great outdoors. Since joining The Times in 2020, she has investigated mental health policy and jumped on breaking news. A native Angeleno, Seidman holds a bachelor’s degree from Reed College and is working toward a master’s degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University.
Faith E. Pinho is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, covering national and political news.