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Employees rate Los Angeles Times 2.9 out of 5 stars based on 225 anonymous reviews on Glassdoor.

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Do people recommend working at Los Angeles Times?

Overall, 40% of employees would recommend working at Los Angeles Times to a friend. This is based on 225 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.

How do job seekers rate their interview experience at Los Angeles Times?

62% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Los Angeles Times as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Los Angeles Times.

How do employees rate the business outlook for Los Angeles Times?

19% of employees think that Los Angeles Times has a positive business outlook . This is based on anonymous employee reviews submitted on Glassdoor.

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2.9

based on 225 ratings

40% would recommend to a friend

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong

14% approve of CEO

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Mission Our mission is to inform, empower and engage.

We strive to be the definitive news source for Californians, an essential part of the national news dialogue, and the voice of Los Angeles around the world.

Description The Los Angeles Times is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in the country, with a daily print readership of 1.2 million and 1.6 million on Sunday, more than 39 million unique latimes.com visitors monthly and a combined print and online local weekly audience of 4.4 million. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Times has been covering Southern California for more than 140 years.

The Los Angeles Times is dedicated to journalistic independence and storytelling that engages, informs, and inspires. Situated in one of the most diverse and dynamic regions on the planet, L.A . Times reporters and photographers translate what’s happening in California and the region to the wider world, and they show how global events and trends affect the lives of their readers.

Los Angeles Times is a part of California Times, whose businesses and affiliates include LA Times Studios, The Envelope, Times Community News, De Los, Los Angeles Times en Español and Hot Property.

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The Los Angeles Times was purchased by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong in June 2018. Under local ownership, The Times is on a mission to honor its history of journalistic excellence and expand its storytelling through podcasts like “Dirty John,” a daily TV show, “LA Times Today,” and digital platforms vital to delivering the news.

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The Times has won 52 Pulitzer Prizes, six of which are gold medals for public service. Since returning to private ownership in 2018, The Times has been rebuilding and expanding its newsroom – which has grown by 25%. With the largest news-gathering organization this side of the Potomac, The Times is the essential source of news for and about California and the West.

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Our organization is excited to share our continued commitment in 2024 to diversity in the workplace through our DiversityJobs employer badge. We partnered with DiversityJobs last quarter to continue our mission to cultivate a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve....Show more

Our organization is excited to share our continued commitment in 2024 to diversity in the workplace through our DiversityJobs employer badge. We partnered with DiversityJobs last quarter to continue our mission to cultivate a diverse and inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve.

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We are excited to welcome Priya Girishankar as executive vice president for subscription growth and advertising operations for the Los Angeles Times. Prior to joining The Times, Girishankar was the senior vice president of enterprise customer relationship marketing and general manager, Disney Rewards, at the Walt Disney Co. where she was responsible for building and leading the company’s first digitally led direct-to-consumer business. During a 20-year career with Disney, Girishankar pioneered a mutli-channel, enterprise-wide approach to acquiring and cultivating relationships with Disney’s key consumer segments. ...Show more

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Priya Girishankar - Executive Vice President, Subscription Growth and Ad Operations

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We are excited to welcome Glenn Nano as the senior vice president of product innovation at the California Times, which includes the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union-Tribune. Glenn will be building and leading product development teams that create user experiences that help people find stories and content they love, come back for and pay for. Prior to joining California Times, he was the product lead for Netflix Original Films and Documentaries until 2021, working at the intersection of product and content and leading the user experience of films across mobile, TV, and web apps. Previously, he co-led the subscriber growth product team at the New York Times as they strengthened their strategy and success in growing digital subscribers from 800,000 to 2.3 million between 2014 and 2017. Glenn hails from New York City and Long Island and has happily been planting roots in Los Angeles since 2017. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English from Harvard University....Show more

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Glenn Nano - Senior Vice President, Product

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Los Angeles Times awards & accolades

Criticism, Pulitzer Prize, 2024
Breaking News Reporting, Pulitzer Prize, 2023
Feature Photography, Pulitzer Prize, 2023
Batten Medal For Coverage of Climate Change, News Leaders Association, 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for International Photography, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, 2022

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Events Coordinator (LA Times Studios)

Assistant Editor, Entertainment News

Executive Assistant & Visual Strategist

Per Diem Copy Editors

Technical Support Specialist II

Employee reviews at Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 225 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Los Angeles Times employee rating is 22% below average for employers within the Media & Communication industry (3.7 stars).

Ratings by category

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

3.1

Work/Life balance

2.8

Culture & values

2.7

Compensation and benefits

2.4

Senior management

2.3

Career opportunities

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5.0

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