Los Angeles Times Appoints Andres Martinez Editor of the Editorial Page
August 16 2004 - 9:07PM
PR Newswire (US)
Los Angeles Times Appoints Andres Martinez Editor of the Editorial
Page LOS ANGELES, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Andres Martinez has been
appointed editor of the editorial page, it was announced today by
Michael Kinsley, editorial and opinion editor of the Los Angeles
Times. Martinez currently is a member of the Editorial Board and
assistant editorial page editor of The New York Times. Martinez
will be responsible for The Times' daily editorial page, reporting
to Kinsley. He will begin his new assignment in September. "Andres
is a terrific journalist with the curiosity of a good reporter, the
analytical skills of a lawyer, and a gift for prose," said Kinsley.
"We are thrilled that he is joining the Los Angeles Times."
Martinez, 38, became assistant editorial page editor, the
third-ranking editorial page position at The New York Times, this
year, and was an editorial writer at the paper since 2000. He also
was a 2004 Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial writing. Prior to
joining The New York Times, Martinez was an editorial writer at the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and a reporter at The Wall Street Journal.
Martinez is the author of "24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in
the New Las Vegas." Before working in journalism, Martinez
practiced communications law in Washington, D.C. and served as a
law clerk for a federal district judge in Dallas. A native of
Mexico, Martinez earned a B.A. degree in history from Yale
University in 1988, a M.A. degree in Russian history from Stanford
University in 1989 and graduated from Columbia University Law
School with a J.D. degree in 1992. The Los Angeles Times, a Tribune
Publishing company, is the largest metropolitan daily newspaper in
the country and the winner of 35 Pulitzer Prizes, including five
this year -- the second-largest yearly total in the history of the
awards. The Times publishes five daily regional editions including
the Los Angeles metropolitan area, Orange and Ventura counties, the
San Fernando Valley, and an Inland Empire edition covering
Riverside and San Bernardino counties as well as a National
edition. Additional information about The Times is available at
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