On his first day as the owner of The Los Angeles Times in June of 2018, the billionaire biotech executive Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, hoping to bring stability to a newsroom bruised in recent years by steep staffing cuts and
tumultuous leadership changes,
named Norman Pearlstine as the newspaper’s top editor. What has happened since has been a remarkable period of hiring and growth — and, yes, reinvention. In a conversation with Bryan Monroe, Pearlstine talks about what's happening in Los Angeles, and why it's so important to design the change you hope to see.