Its design features bright colors on black backgrounds, compared to the L.A. Times homepage that’s a more staid black, serif text on a white background. '”The L.A. Times has tried different initiatives to reach and serve Latino audiences in the city before, each iteration with a goal that advanced the last. In 1999, Frank del Olmo, a 1988 Nieman Fellow known for championing Latino-focused journalism, was the associate editor of the L.A. Times and oversaw its Latino Initiative. That year, Martinez launched the L.A. Times Día de Muertos digital ofrenda as a way for readers to honor their loved ones who have passed away. It continues to publish L.A. Times en Español, a separate section exclusively in Spanish with its own reporting staff (the print edition was folded in 2019).

Source: Los Angeles Times July 10, 2023 18:30 UTC