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L.A. Times Layoffs Decimate Journalists of Color

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LA Times Guild journalists rally in front of City Hall to protest against layoffs and changes to job seniority protections during a walkout of the Los Angeles Times newspaper at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles, Jan. 19, 2024. The newspaper said Jan. 18 that it planned layoffs because of an increasing budget deficit. The 1-day strike is the newsroom's first in the paper's 142-year history.  (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

A wave of layoffs decimates the Los Angeles Times newsroom, with cuts hitting younger journalists of color especially hard and upending the billionaire owner’s promise to expand the paper’s coverage of L.A.’s diverse communities.

Scott talks with Geeta Anand, the dean of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, and L.A. Times columnist Gustavo Arellano about the threat to local journalism and how sweeping media layoffs will affect coverage of a high-stakes election year.

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