New Times Deputy Managing Editor
to Speak to OFS May 1 on Zoom
By Bob Rawitch
Maria La Ganga, who started as an intern at the L.A. Times in 1981 and recently was named Deputy Managing Editor for California and Metro, will speak to the OFS at noon May 1 via Zoom.
Maria La Ganga
For all but three years since 1981, when she moved to Boise Idaho and wrote for the Statesman and the Guardian, she was a Times reporter, serving as Seattle and San Francisco bureau chiefs. She was named City Editor in 2022. As Deputy Managing Editor she oversees the largest staff at the paper.
She studied English literature and journalism Cal State Northridge, where she graduated with a near-4.0 GPA, and went on to quickly establish herself as a talented feature writer. She also has covered six presidential campaigns.
La Ganga was one of the first appointments by Terry Tang, who recently had the adjective “interim” removed from her Executive Editor title.
In the last few months a number of high profile staffers have left the paper, including David Lauter, Louis Sahagun, and Matt Pearce, president of Media Guild West, who led the first one-day walkout in Times history.
The first union contract with management at the Times expired 18 months ago, and there currently is no new contract.
Any member OFS or any retired or former Times editorial employee can join the Zoom session. RSVP to bob@rawitchconsulting.com and a link will be sent the day before.