The Times' Editorial Awards for 2013, handed out in a ceremony Thursday night, honored both accountability journalism and what Editor Davan Maharaj called "the ever-growing types of journalism we produce in this Digital Age."

The Times this week announced two staffing moves: W.J.

The Los Angeles Times has updated its newsroom ethics guidelines.

Times Business Editor Kimi Yoshino announced the debut of the Hot Property blog, and the addition of reporter Neal Leitereg.

A memo to the newsroom from Times Editor Davan Maharaj and Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin: Today we announce a reorganization involving three of our most important news departments.

Times editors have announced three additions to the newsroom staff -- enterprise editor; an assistant editor in Washington, D.C.; and an aerospace reporter:  From Times Editor Davan Maharaj and Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin: As managing editor of the nonprofit Texas Tribune, Brandi Grissom has been a force for outstanding investigative journalism.

Dear Readers, As we embark on a new year, I want to take a moment to thank you for reading and to look back at the highlights of 2014.

By popular demand, the "dislike" button is back as a feature in the comments sections of latimes.com. 

Times Editor Davan Maharaj and Managing Editor Marc Duvoisin have announced that Angel Rodriguez is The Times' new sports editor.

The Los Angeles Times' Editorial Awards for 2014 were presented Wednesday evening in a ceremony that honored the newsroom's commitment to excellence and to the search for truth.

The Times is launching enhanced digital coverage of California politics, an effort that will be overseen by Christina Bellantoni, who currently is editor in chief of Roll Call, the Capitol Hill newspaper. 

Sasha Frere-Jones, a leading voice on music, language and culture, is joining the Los Angeles Times as cultural critic at large, Editor Davan Maharaj and Managing Editor S.

Times columnist Bill Plaschke is joining the airwaves with a morning show that kicks off this week on all-sports radio station the Beast 980 AM.

Sports Illustrated named Serena Williams its Sportsperson of the Year on Monday.

Carolyn Kellogg, who has been covering books for The Times since 2008, has been named books editor. 

Liam Dillon (@dillonliam) an accomplished investigative journalist, is joining our State Capitol bureau in Sacramento.

Pedro Moura (@pedromoura), an enterprising reporter and vivid writer, is joining The Times as the Angels beat writer.

Allison Wisk (@allisonwisk), an experienced political editor with an eye for accountability journalism and innovation, is joining The Times as California politics editor.

Dan Beucke has joined the Los Angeles Times as deputy Business editor.

Ben Muessig has been named technology editor of the Los Angeles Times.

Del Wilber is joining the Los Angeles Times' Washington Bureau, where he will cover the Justice Department. 

Three editors are joining The Times, and some veterans are taking on new roles in a revamped Calendar department.

In an expansion of The Times' storytelling efforts, the newsroom has added two video editors.  

Jaweed Kaleem is joining the national staff of the Los Angeles Times, covering race and justice issues.

Lindsey Thiry, who has been blogging on USC football for The Times, is joining the staff as a general assignment reporter focused on multimedia storytelling.

The Times has assembled a panel of distinguished and diverse writers who will regularly contribute to the Books section. 

Tanya Erlach is joining the Los Angeles Times as the newsroom's director of editorial events.

Natalie Kitroeff has joined The Times as the Business section's California economy reporter.

Justin Chang, chief film critic for Variety, will be joining The Times as a film critic.

Marques Harper has been appointed fashion editor for the Los Angeles Times.

Assistant Managing Editor John Corrigan is leaving The Times to become an editor at the Wall Street Journal, Times Editor/Publisher Davan Maharaj announced. 

Anna Phillips has joined the Los Angeles Times as a member of the Metro education team.

Mary McNamara, who won a Pulitzer Prize in 2015 for her television criticism, has been named The Times' assistant managing editor for arts and entertainment. 

The release Friday of a 2005 videotape of Donald Trump making vulgar comments about women tested The Times' language standards and its print production deadlines.

Many Times readers have taken issue with two letters in this week's Travel section, which criticized a Nov. 27 article about National Park sites that address issues of race and ethnicity in America's history.

Jen Yamato is joining the Calendar staff as a film reporter beginning Jan. 2. 

Matt Doig is joining the Los Angeles Times as assistant managing editor, investigations.

Lorraine Ali has been named a television critic for the Los Angeles Times.

The Times has launched a new, more interactive commenting platform on latimes.com.

The Times has updated its guidelines for covering the LGBTQ community.

The Los Angeles Times' accomplishments in 2016 included winning its 44th Pulitzer Prize, and attaining record growth in digital readership and subscriptions.

Geoff Berkshire is joining the Los Angeles Times entertainment team as film editor.

The Sunday crossword for March 11, "Commercial Break," was published with an incorrect puzzle grid.

In any election, the only endorsement that counts is your vote.

Talk is a new way for journalists to listen, communicate with and build communities of readers and journalists.

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