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Blockbuster Democracy
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It's Happening in Alliance
Key To The Highway
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The Misread City
One Man Fast Break
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LA Observed
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Sin and Syntax
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Welcome to The Journalism Shop, an easy-to-navigate site for finding highly skilled newspaper veterans interested in taking on freelance assignments. All members are former Los Angeles Times staffers offering a wide range of skills and interests, from investigative reporters to book reviewers, page designers to project managers. If you are looking for help with a complete editorial project, email us and we'll get you in touch with the right people.
Each page focuses on specific areas, and offers snapshots of our members and links to full profiles and resumes (many members can be found on more than one page):
If you're not sure what you need, email us and we'll be happy to steer you in the right direction. We also welcome feedback and suggestions. A caveat: All arrangements are between you and the former staffers you may hire here; our role is simply to serve as matchmaker.
Scott Martelle Brett Levy
Life after the Los Angeles Times
Part I
Journalists struggle with finances, retirement after parting L.A. Times
Former Los Angeles Times journalists continue to struggle with severe underemployment, soon-to-expire unemployment benefits and worries about retirement, a recent informal survey found. Nearly three-quarters of the respondents said they had been laid off or asked to leave by the financially troubled Tribune Company; the rest left voluntarily.
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Part II
Ex-Times journalists feel less secure, face variety of health problems
Nearly three-quarters of former Los Angeles Times journalists feel less secure about their lives since parting the struggling Tribune Company, a recent informal survey has found. Some of the journalists also reported increased health problems, concern over long-term health insurance and heavy reliance on their spouses’ incomes.
Part III
Former L.A. Times journalists expect newspaper, print media to fail
While nearly two-thirds of former Los Angeles Times journalists would like to remain in the news business, more than half believe their former paper eventually will fold – and nearly as many think newspapers in general have been mortally wounded, according to a recent informal survey conducted by TheJournalismShop.
by Brett Levy
Our informal survey was designed to better understand the issues and hurdles facing JournalismShop members.