"We've been at the bargaining table for 16 months," Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Matt Hamilton told the crowd of several hundred LA Times employees at a rally in Grand Park. This will change the LA Times forever, and we have to be better to protect local journalism." In an email, LA Times spokesperson Hillary Manning said "We need to reduce our operating budget going into this year and anticipate layoffs." He added: "I don't know how they're going to meet the print deadline. I don't know how they're gonna handle this.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 21, 2024 04:14 UTC