Nancy Rivera Brooks, deputy business editor of the Los Angeles Times, is retiring from the newspaper after 42 years. Rivera Brooks has shaped the business desk’s culture and coverage. Staffers across the newsroom turn to Rivera Brooks for her keen understanding of economics, real estate and the environment. Times columnist Sammy Roth writes:She’s edited on the business desk since 2004, helping countless reporters — I guess we could count them, but who’s got time? Rivera Brooks was part of a team of nine Los Angeles Times business reporters and editors who won a Loeb Award in 1985 for coverage of corporate takeovers.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 14, 2024 18:18 UTC