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• Los Angeles Times endorses Obama, McCain

  - 2008-02-01

  LOS ANGELES AFP — The Los Angeles Times on Friday backed Barack Obama for the Democratic White House nomination, arguing he was the best qualified candidate to lead the United States into the future. In a glowing endorsement on the Times website which will be published in Sunday's newspaper,...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, INTERNET, invasion, Iraq, Leadership, Los Angeles Times, Obama, Republican

• Rick Wartzman Named Director of the Drucker Institute

  - 2007-07-20

  CLAREMONT, Calif. -- Claremont Graduate University has named Rick Wartzman, author and longtime writer and editor at the Wall Street Journal and Los Angeles Times, as director of the Drucker Institute. The Drucker Institute was established in May 2006 with the mission of taking Peter F. Drucker's ideas and ideals...

  Tags: California, CAREER, director, Institute, Leadership, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal

• There they go again.(While We're At It)(Anti-Defamation League)

  - 2007-05-01

  There they go again. The folks at the Anti-Defamation League ADL have issued a thirteen-page report on the alleged resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan. The story was picked up by newspapers and wire services, which prompted the interest of the noted historian of the civil-rights ...

  Tags: immigration, Leadership, Los Angeles Times

• The monthly journalism award

  - 2007-01-01

  Judy Pasternak The Los Angeles Times Nov. 19-Nov. 22, 2006 It's often noted that the poor suffer most from environmentally irresponsible land use. In a four-part series called "Blighted Homeland," Los Angeles Times reporter Judy Pasternak exposes a particularly horrific example. During the Cold War, mining companies...

  Tags: Government, Leadership, Los Angeles Times, Regulations

• Pelosi Statement on One-Year Anniversary of Iraqi Constitution

  - 2006-10-16

  To: National DeskContact: Brendan Daly or Jennifer Crider, 202-226-7616, both for House Democratic Leader Nancy PelosiWASHINGTON, Oct. 16 /U.S. Newswire/ -- House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement on the one-year anniversary of the adoption of the Iraqi constitution. She also commented on today's Los Angeles Times story...

  Tags: leader, Leadership, Los Angeles Times, Strategy

• Los Angeles Times publisher replaced over staff cuts row

  - 2006-10-05

  LOS ANGELES AFP — The Los Angeles Times parted company with publisher Jeff Johnson following his reported refusal to implement staff cuts proposed by the newspaper's owners Tribune Publishing. A statement released by Tribune named David Hiller as the new president, publisher and chief executive of the Times, indicating Johnson...

  Tags: CAREER, INTERNET, Johnson, Leadership, Los Angeles Times, Tribune Co.

• Mandela to Support Diamond Industry.(Nelson Mandela)(steps to counter negative publicity generated by the movie The Blood Diamond)(Brief article)

  - 2006-08-01

  By Rob Bates Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been enlisted to help the diamond industry defend itself against the film The Blood Diamond , a report says-but his appointment has kicked up an unexpected controversy. A Los...

  Tags: diamond, Leadership, Los Angeles Times, movie, Nelson, Strategy, Y2K

• Glendale News Press and Burbank Leader

  - 2006-07-31

  Elaine Zinngrabe was named as publisher of the Glendale News Press and Burbank Leader newspapers, part of the Times Community News chain owned by the Los Angeles Times. Zinngrabe was most recently the general manager of three Times Community News papers in Orange County. She replaces Will Fleet who resigned...

  Tags: leader, Leadership, Los Angeles Times, Orange PCS

• Malaysia's Mahathir admits $1.2 mil. paid for meeting with Bush

  - 2006-02-27

  KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 21 Kyodo Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has admitted that a $1.2 million lobbying fee was paid to secure a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush at the White House in 2002, local dailies reported Tuesday. Mahathir, who was then still...

  Tags: Government, Leadership, Los Angeles Times, Malaysia, SOFTWARE, U.S., White House

• CRISIS MANAGEMENT AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

  - 2006-01-01

  CASE DESCRIPTION Scientists at the National Institutes of Health NIH, while government employees earning around $200,000, were consulting and serving on private firms' scientific advisory boards. Although such practices were rare before the 1980s, they became increasingly common during the 1990s and into the twenty-first century. These practices raised concerns...

  Tags: agency, consulting, director, Dr., ethics, Government, income, Leadership, Los Angeles Times, Outsourcing, salary, scientist, SEC