The state of California is the world’s fifth-largest economy and the seat of the tech industry, the entertainment industry, and, at the moment, Democratic institutional policy. Coverage matters. The L.A. Times’ mass layoff of more than a hundred journalists should raise alarms.

Everyone deserves a paycheck but this is especially sinister in an industry where people go the extra mile every day, blurring the lines between work and life, not for the boss but for the people. My colleagues today have been hurt by something they love:
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'I view it as significant that even elected leaders who sometimes may not like our coverage recognize the value of still having us around,' -Matt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸 politico.com/news/2024/01/2…

🦅THE L.A. TIMES GUILD IS WALKING OUT🦅

We are calling for a one-day walkout TOMORROW, Jan. 19, in protest of management's proposal to cut staff and multiple unfair labor practices.
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It's LAT Data & Graphics 2023 recap time! To facilitate some end-of-year bragging, we paired our journalists up and had each person nominate a piece of work by their partner, and conduct a short interview about how the story came about. latimes.com/projects/data-…

I'll be at #NICAR24 in Baltimore helping to teach 3 classes.

🐍 “First Python Notebook” with Andrea Suozzo, Katlyn Alo and Kae Petrin

🎨 'First Visual Story' with Aida Ylanan and James Thomas

🤖 'First Automated Chart' with el sergio sánchez 🇲🇽

It's gonna be great. More TK. Register now!

The world's largest AIDS charity has spent over $300 million on pro-tenant political campaigns and operating homeless housing. An Los Angeles Times investigation shows many AIDS Healthcare Foundation tenants in squalid conditions while its evicted dozens more latimes.com/homeless-housi…

Tulare Lake: a region that operates more like a secretive fiefdom... than a publicly governed jurisdiction where decisions affecting the well-being of residents are made on a foundation of transparency and accountability jessica garrison Ian James Aida Ylanan latimes.com/environment/st…

For two years, the LAPD has refused to provide the names of the bomb squad officers who blew up a neighborhood in South L.A. in June 2021.

We figured out their names and where they are now. latimes.com/california/sto… w/ Libor Jany Richard Winton

Our latest lets you build the ultimate all-star U.S. Women's National Soccer Team team using all the world cup winning players (plus the #worldcup2023 roster). latimes.com/projects/2023-…

Absolutely crushed for my hometown, San Diego, at the news The San Diego Union-Tribune being sold - and to whom it’s being sold - by Los Angeles Times owner. This follows devastating layoffs and assurances that the papers wouldn’t be sold. Yet another sad day for California and journalism and my colleagues.

Powerful story from Ian James about the Indigenous Californians who say we shouldn't drain the reestablished Tulare Lake. Keeping the lake around could bring back wildlife, recharge groundwater and help tribes recover some of what was stolen from them: latimes.com/environment/st…

🚨🚨26% of Los Angeles Times journalists who will lose their jobs under proposed layoffs are Latino. We refuse to go backward. NAHJ Latino Journalists of California CCNMA @LATlatinocaucus #SomosLAT #Siempreadelante

Last week, Los Angeles Times rolled out an ill-conceived plan to eliminate more than 10% of its staff. Among those are at least 12 AAPI journalists. #LATimesAAPI

This is a good thread to learn about the crucial work that will be undermined by Los Angeles Times layoffs

Those reporting on layoffs at LAT, I encourage you to resist the false dichotomy bw reporters and other journalists—copy editors, photogs, audio producers, librarians, etc. In a 2023 newsroom, there's no such thing as support staff. These are all vital organs being amputated.

L.A. Times management’s decision to blindside the Guild with proposed layoffs as it neglects bargaining sends a clear message: You don’t care about the contract — or us.

🚨Our open letter to management🚨
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In April, roughly 40 million acre-feet of water was contained in the Sierra snowpack.

How do we make sense of that enormous amount of snow? Where is all that water going?

Abhinanda Bhattacharyya, Lorena Elebee, Aida Ylanan and I break it down:

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Most Angelenos will remember Gloria Molina as a trailblazing community organizer and Chicana politician.

But she was also a great friend.

Samanta Helou Hernandez and I spoke with women whose lives were transformed by Molina's kindness and encouragement

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Humbled to have played a small part in the reporting of this series, learning a ton from incredibly talented journalists along the way