Kimi Yoshino

Kimi Yoshino is an American journalist and the editor-in-chief of the Baltimore Banner, a nonprofit publication funded by Baltimore-area hotel magnate Stewart Bainum Jr.^[1]

Biography

Yoshino worked at the Stockton Record and the Fresno Bee^[2] before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2000.^[2] She helped develop the publication's most popular blog, L.A. Now.^[3] Yoshino reported on unethical practices at a fertility clinic in the University of California Irvine,^[4] and on dangerous rides at Disneyland.^[5] Yoshino was the guiding editor of an investigative story about the Bell corruption scandal that won a Pulitzer Gold Medal in 2011 for Public Service.^[6][7] She met her husband, a translator, while working in Iraq.^[3] She became the chief editor of Business and Finance for the L.A. Times in 2014.^[6][8] In 2015 and 2016, Yoshino received awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for general excellence.^[9]

In January 2018, Yoshino was unexpectedly approached by chief editor Lewis D’Vorkin while in a meeting, and escorted directly outside without being able to retrieve her personal belongings.^[5][10] There was no explanation to the press or others in the company.^[9][5] It has been speculated by fellow staff members that D’Vorkin believed Yoshino had leaked unflattering audio recordings of D'Vorkin in meetings to The New York Times and NPR,^[8] and possibly that Yoshino had been involved in a scathing piece on D'Vorkin published in the Columbia Journalism Review the day before her firing.^[9][10][5] It's also suspected the suspension may have been the result of a critical story about Disneyland which had been edited by Yoshino and caused public relations problems for D'Vorkin.^[8]

She has also contributed to the Seattle Times,^[11] Nieman Lab,^[12] the Boston Herald,^[13] the Stockton Record^[2] and the Fresno Bee.^[2]

References

1. Dean, Sam (2021-10-26). "L.A. Times managing editor Kimi Yoshino named Baltimore Banner editor". Los Angeles Times.
2. "LA Times business editor suspended for two days - Talking Biz News". talkingbiznews.com. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
3. "Kimi Yoshino's schedule for Los Angeles Times Festival of Books". Retrieved 2018-01-28.
4. "Doctors Behaving Badly: Dr. Peter Breen". Center for Health Journalism. Retrieved 2018-01-29.
5. Farhi, Paul (2018-01-26). "'Anything could happen': Amid newsroom clashes, Los Angeles Times becomes its own story". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
6. Edgar, Deirdre. "Kimi Yoshino named L.A. Times Business editor". latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
7. "How The L.A. Times Broke The Bell Corruption Story". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
8. Feinberg, Ashley; Jamieson, Dave; Ferner, Matt (2018-01-27). "Tronc Is Building A Shadow Newsroom Full Of Scabs, L.A. Times Staffers Fear". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
9. Lopez, Ricardo (2018-01-27). "Turmoil at L.A. Times Has Newsroom In a Tailspin". Variety. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
10. "Newsonomics: Who and what is the new L.A. Times Network?". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
11. "Kimi Yoshino | The Seattle Times". www.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
12. "Kimi Yoshino  » Nieman Journalism Lab » Pushing to the Future of Journalism". Nieman Lab. Retrieved 2018-01-28.
13. "Kimi Yoshino | Boston Herald". www.bostonherald.com. Retrieved 2018-01-28.