I figured the only way to get ahead of my past was to embrace it, so I wrote down everything I’d done. We also walked out of The Los Angeles Times last week to protest the looming layoffs, but it didn’t stop the bloodshed. What happens to the 100-plus Los Angeles Times staffers who just lost their jobs and all the reporters at other outlets who have been laid off and will be laid off in the months to come? Emily St. Martin is a reporter and essayist with contributions to The New York Times, InStyle, Cosmopolitan, NBC, Vice, Los Angeles Magazine and the Southern California News Group. She previously worked at The Los Angeles Times and the Hollywood Reporter.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 25, 2024 23:56 UTC