LA Times Receives Ford Foundation Grant
The Los Angles Times received a $1 million grant from the Ford Foundation that will allow the newspaper to hire five new reporters to “focus on the Vietnamese, Korean and other immigrant communities, the California prison system, the border region and Brazil.”
The two-year grant comes with no strings attached, giving the Los Angeles Times complete control over their editorial hires and coverage.
After the jump is the memo from editor Davan Maharaj, from LA Observed:
From: Davan Maharaj
Date: Thu, 17 May 2012 12:25:26 -0700
To: yyeditall
Subject: Ford Foundation Grant to The Los Angeles TimesComrades:
In these tough economic times, we don’t get to crow very often about significant additions to our staff, so please excuse my enthusiasm over a piece of great news.
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