Ronald D. White is a general assignment reporter whose work includes leadership profiles, innovations in manufacturing, retail and business trends. White did stints as a reporter for the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot and as a reporter and then as a staff writer, assistant editor and editorial writer for the Washington Post before coming to the Los Angeles Times in 1993.
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