A new study by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute found that the Los Angeles Times has made some progress in improving Latinos’ representation in its opinion and editorial section over the past two years. UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute Just over 10% of the Los Angeles Times op-ed pieces had at least one Latino author in 2022. The study found strong gains for Latinos on the paper’s editorial board, where representation increased from 11% to 37% in the past year. At the Los Angeles Times, Latinos’ representation in op-ed authorship also increased to 10% in 2022, from 4% in 2021. Still, the number of Latino-authored op-eds would need to increase fivefold to achieve true proportional representation of the Latino population in Los Angeles County.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 15, 2023 17:09 UTC