Effective immediately, veteran journalist Hector Becerra has been named managing editor of the Los Angeles Times. His promotion makes him the highest-ranking Latino editor in the paper’s history. Becerra was part of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize-winning team that exposed a corruption scandal in the city of Bell. He led the California section as city editor from 2017 until 2022, when he was promoted to deputy managing editor, overseeing Metro and California, the paper’s largest staffs. According to the LAT, interim executive editor Terry Tang announced Becerra’s promotion Tuesday.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 01, 2024 08:41 UTC