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Jessica Roy is a former assistant editor on the West Coast Experiences team at the Los Angeles Times. Previously, Roy was an assistant editor on the Utility Journalism team and an editor on the audience engagement team.
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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 and platforms 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, D.C. Liss was managing editor at the Poynter Institute before joining Tribune in 2016 as a digital content director.
Fidel Martinez is the editorial director of De Los, the Los Angeles Times vertical that explores Latino culture and identity. He also writes and edits 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 and previously worked for Mitu, Fusion Media Group and Break Media. Martinez graduated from Yale University with a degree in American studies.
Lila Seidman is a reporter focused on California wildlife and the outdoors for the Los Angeles Times. 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 a master’s degree from Pepperdine University.
Faith E. Pinho is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times, covering national and political news, including the 2024 election.
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