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U.S. NEWS Tuesday 30 January 2018

New editor expected in latest shake-up at Los Angeles Times

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In an- interim editor of the New ism, which will always be
other newsroom shake-up York Daily News. the company’s top priori-
at the Los Angeles Times, Reporters at the Times have ty,” Justin Dearborn, Tronc’s
veteran journalist Jim Kirk become alarmed by re- chief executive, said in a
is expected to be named cent hiring of several news statement,
editor in chief to replace executives who reported to Kirk will report to Tronc Presi-
Lewis D’Vorkin, whose short business executives — not dent Tim Knight.
tenure was marked by to editors in the newsroom. The Times has seen years
clashes with staff, the pa- Those hires sparked fears of staff cutbacks and
per reported Monday. that the business side would management changes.
Kirk, 52, would become the wield undue influence in D’Vorkin’s nearly three-
third top editor at the Times editorial matters. Tradition- month tenure as editor was
in less than six months. He ally, the editorial and busi- marked by two combative
was named interim editor ness sides of a paper work newsroom-wide staff meet-
of the paper on Aug. 21 separately to maintain jour- ings. Reporters and editors
after a management over- nalistic credibility. expressed concern that
haul then stepped aside Earlier this month journalists Tronc was building a shad- In this July 13, 2017 file photo Jim Kirk, publisher and editor in
after D’Vorkin joined the at the Times voted to union- ow newsroom to blur the chief of the Chicago Sun-Times, responds to a question at a
paper in early November. ize for the first time in the lines between news and news conference n Chicago.
Kirk previously worked paper’s 136-year history. advertising and boost rev- Associated Press
at the Chicago Tribune, D’Vorkin, 65, will move into enue. Editors and reporters Times,” the steering com- tions that he had been a
Bloomberg News and Ad- a new job as chief content asked questions about the mittee said in a statement.. defendant in two sexual
week. He became pub- officer for Tronc, develop- business-side operation, “We also look forward to harassment lawsuits while
lisher and editor of the ing content for digital and but D’Vorkin and other working together in the fu- he worked at other media
Chicago Sun-Times after it mobile consumers, accord- Tronc executives declined ture as one team — and companies.
was purchased in 2012 by ing to company spokes- to discuss their plans. we look forward to hearing Tronc has hired a law firm to
Michael Ferro, who is now woman Marisa Kollias. He “The Los Angeles Times his plans for the paper.” investigate the allegations
chairman of Tronc. was chief product officer at Guild would like to con- Just 10 days ago, Times’ against Levinsohn made in
Kirk took the job at the Forbes until October. gratulate Jim Kirk on be- publisher Ross Levinsohn a detailed report by Na-
Los Angeles Times just two “We are continuing to in- ing named the next editor was placed on unpaid tional Public Radio. The
weeks after being named vest in high-quality journal- in chief of the Los Angeles leave following revela- probe is ongoing.q
Trial starts for woman charged with killing twin

WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — A row, winding Hana High- women were passing him
murder trial began Mon- way on the island of Maui on the highway he could
day for a woman accused before their SUV plunged see them arguing. Smith,
of deliberately driving off a 200 feet over a cliff. who was headed to a
cliff in Hawaii and killing her Anastasia Duval was in the church, said he couldn’t
identical twin sister. passenger seat and was hear anything but the
The 2016 crash was a tragic killed, and her sister Alexan- women looked angry. He
accident, Alexandria Du- dria Duval was arrested. A had to swerve out of their
val’s defense attorney, judge later ordered Alex- way, he said.
Birney Bervar said in his andria Duval released after The sisters, born Alison and
opening statement. There’s finding no probable cause Ann Dadow in the Utica,
reasonable doubt of any for a murder charge. She New York, area, operated
criminal behavior, he said. traveled to upstate New popular yoga studios in Flor-
Authorities described the York and was arrested ida before they changed
2016 crash as a hair-pull- again months later in Al- their names.
ing fight over the steer- bany after a grand jury in- They moved to Hawaii in
ing wheel. The sisters, who dicted her. 2015 from Utah.
were 38 at the time, were In this Nov. 18, 2016 file photo, Alexandria Duval walks into Maui resident Chad Smith Duval isn’t expected to tes-
seen arguing on the nar- Albany County Court in Albany, N.Y. testified that while the tify, Bervar said.q
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