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    Which Way, L.A.?

    How the LA Times 'Invented' Los Angeles

    It's a book based on a movie about a newspaper: Inventing LA : The Chandlers and Their Times.  The text of the cocktail-table sized publication is by Bill Boyarski, who adds insights not included in Peter Jones' film of the same name.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    It's a book based on a movie about a newspaper:

    Inventing LA: The Chandlers and Their Times

    . The text of the cocktail-table sized publication is by

    Bill Boyarski, who adds insights not included in Peter Jones'

    film of the same name. Boyarsky was at the Times for 30 years as reporter, columnist, city editor and member of reporting teams that won three Pulitzer prizes.

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      Warren Olney

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      Bill Boyarsky

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Climate Agreement in Copenhagen; Education in Sacramento
    1. 0:00It's Down to the Wire on Climate Agreement in Copenhagen
    2. 28:07Race to the Top Is Mired in the Muck
    3. 46:11How the LA Times 'Invented' Los AngelesYou’re reading this
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