Times Deputy ME Shelby Grad to Speak
to OFS at Noon September 16 via Zoom
By Bob Rawitch
L.A. Times Deputy Managing Editor Shelby Grad, who rose from community stringer to overseeing the news report on all Times platforms, will speak via Zoom to the OFS group of retirees at noon on Wednesday, Sept. 16.
 Shelby Grad A 1993 graduate of San Jose State University, Grad started in the Orange County Edition and covered county government and urban affairs before being named an editor. He served as city editor in Metro for 10 years and helped launch L.A. Now and other digital products, which clearly are key to the future of the newspaper. He has overseen the coverage of three Pulitzer Prize-winning efforts by the editorial staff. Like the rest of the newspaper industry, The Times faces major financial headwinds. Print circulation continues to drop, digital circulation is stagnant, and there is no indication that advertising is increasing significantly. The results include repeated cuts in staffing and a delay of the planned but still uncertain public offering of stock intended to help strengthen Dr. Patrick Soon Shiong’s paper. How does the editorial department deal with those challenges? We’ll ask him. Any former editorial staffer is welcome to join the Zoom call, but you must RSVP to bob@rawitchconsulting.com no later than Oct. 13 to receive a link a few days before. |