Los Angeles Times Appoints Andrés Martinez Editor of the Editorial Page

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16, 2004 – Andrés Martinez has been appointed editor of the editorial page, it was announced today by Michael Kinsley, editorial and opinion editor of the Los Angeles Times. Martinez currently is a member of the Editorial Board and assistant editorial page editor of The New York Times.

Martinez will be responsible for The Times’ daily editorial page, reporting to Kinsley. He will begin his new assignment in September.

“Andrés is a terrific journalist with the curiosity of a good reporter, the analytical skills of a lawyer, and a gift for prose,” said Kinsley. “We are thrilled that he is joining the Los Angeles Times.”

Martinez, 38, became assistant editorial page editor, the third-ranking editorial page position at The New York Times, this year, and was an editorial writer at the paper since 2000. He also was a 2004 Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial writing. Prior to joining The New York Times, Martinez was an editorial writer at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a reporter at The Wall Street Journal. Martinez is the author of “24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas.”

Before working in journalism, Martinez practiced communications law in Washington, D.C. and served as a law clerk for a federal district judge in Dallas.

A native of Mexico, Martinez earned a B.A. degree in history from Yale University in 1988, a M.A. degree in Russian history from Stanford University in 1989 and graduated from Columbia University Law School with a J.D. degree in 1992.

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