Which Way, L.A.?
LA Times Reporter Jim Newton’s Thoughts for Fixing LA
Jim Newton has been with the Los Angeles Times for 25 years as a reporter and editor. He’s also written books on Chief Justice Earl Warren and President Dwight Eisenhower . Recently, he helped Leon Panetta write about a career that led from Congress to being head of the CIA and Secretary of Defense.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readJim Newton has been with the Los Angeles Times for 25 years as a reporter and editor. He’s also written books on Chief Justice Earl Warren and President Dwight Eisenhower. Recently, he helped Leon Panetta write about a career that led from Congress to being head of the CIA and Secretary of Defense. Amid all those projects, Newton has continued to write a column on the LA Times’ opinion page. Today’s, entitled "A Journalists Recipe for Fixing LA," is his last LA Times column.
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Claire Martin
Producer, To the Point/Which Way LA?
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Jim Newton
professor of public policy and communications at UCLA, author of “Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead, and an American Awakening”