Former LA Times Editor Joins KPCC Public Radio

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Former Los Angeles Times editor Russ Stanton has been named vice president of content for Southern California Public Radio’s KPCC. In his new role, Stanton will work to ensure the KPCC newsroom works in synergy along broadcast, digital and live-event platforms. One of Stanton’s first tasks will be to select an executive editor, who will supervise the day-to-day operations of the newsroom on both the broadcast and digital platform.

Stanton stepped down as editor and executive vice president of the Times on Dec. 23. The veteran newsman joined the paper in 1997 as an Orange County business reporter. He headed the organization for four tumultuous years and during that time it expanded its digital reach to more than 17 million readers online and won three Pulitzer Prizes, including the Public Service Award; it also shed hundreds of employees being weighed down by the bankruptcy of its parent company, Tribune Co.  

Stanton was selected in a national search from more than 100 applicants; his first day at the station is Feb. 6. SCPR was created in 2000 and has since won 292 regional and national awards for journalistic excellence. It is now the most-listened-to public radio station in Southern California. The organization has worked to expand its reach in various ways. Last month, KPCC announced a new partnership with NBC to work on investigative stories.  

--Tami Abdollah | KPCC