LA Observed
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Sometime today, 57 reporters, editors, photographers and columnists at the Los Angeles Times will hug their friends goodbye and walk out of the newsroom for the last time.
By Kevin Roderick • • 4m ListenThis is Kevin Roderick with LA Observed for KCRW.
Los Angeles Times will hug their friends goodbye and walk out of the newsroom for the last time.
When I began crusty rewrite men still tossed smelly stogies on the city room floor and pounded out ledes on manual Underwoods - often after soaking up midday martinis at the Redwood Saloon.
Now I write books and chronicle local politics for Los Angeles magazine. Every day I also feed laobserved.com, the media and news blog that made my transition out of big newsrooms final.
For most of those leaving the Times, this will be their final day in Big Journalism. If they work in news anymore, it could be for websites they would not have considered two years ago - or last month.
Huffington Post also hired a top Washington political editor and this week added Willow Bay, the former CNN and Good Morning America anchor.