Hillary Manning, a spokeswoman for the paper, wrote in an email that it was “simply untrue” that the human resources department had received multiple complaints about him. Mr. Meehan’s departure comes as The Los Angeles Times is being accused a broad pattern of institutional racism. In a meeting last week, staff members told upper management that it had failed to adequately hire, promote or retain staff members of color. The meeting came after staff members started using the hashtag #BlackAtLAT to share personal testimonials. In 2019, the paper revived its food section — which had not been a stand-alone section since 2012 — and named him its editor.

Source: New York Times July 01, 2020 22:24 UTC