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June 26, 2020

L.A. Times Settles Racial Bias Complaint with Promise of Sweeping Changes in Hiring
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In media news, the Los Angeles Times is settling a proposed class-action
lawsuit brought by six Black and Latinx journalists arguing the paper's
underrepresentation of people of color in the newsroom is a result of
long-standing discriminatory pay practices. On Tuesday, Black L.A. Times
journalists called out the newspaper with the hashtag #Blackat LAT to
share their experiences with racism at the paper. The following day,
L.A. Times staff held a near five-hour forum pushing executive editor
Norman Pearlstine and other L.A. Times leadership to propose sweeping
changes at the paper addressing decades of "neglect" against journalists
of color, and to foster a more inclusive and equitable newsroom.


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