Los Angeles Times Editorial Writer: Why I Resigned Over the Endorsement Call (Guest Column)
In June of 2023, I unexpectedly received a termination email from the Los Angeles Times, along with 73 other employees – no phone calls, no face-to-face conversations, just an impersonal group message. This left me questioning if the newspaper’s leadership was so disorganized that they couldn’t handle a straightforward reduction in staff, or if they simply didn’t value basic consideration for their employees, even one like myself who had been contributing to the paper since 1989.