Nate Jackson

-Managing 15 reporters across several major teams in the entertainment section (Music, Culture, Books) -Brainstorming editorial collabs and campaigns with leads for sales and marketing -Directing coverage of emerging beats including stand-up comedy, video games, local culture and Black LA -Leading brainstorming and execution of guides and deluxe special issues (including the popular 2022 special issue on comedy) -Developing and launching the first LA Times comedy series at Ace Hotel DTLA -Launching/editing the award-winning “Behold” project focused on Black LA -Conceiving and project directing quarterly special issue LAT magazines (covering anniversary coverage of Star Wars, Spider Man, Black Panther)

-Writer for Continuing Education of the Bar (CEB) a nonprofit law resource of UCLA -Covering California Supreme Court as well as state, federal, 9th Circuit decisions -Editing articles on legal procedures from CEB content attorneys -Writing long form stories focused on the CA legal system

-Managing a pool of 15 beat reporters in TV, Film, Culture and Media -Editing daily online reports, photo galleries, multimedia and long form features -Working with a team of editors to control, monitor and advise on coverage -Writing daily blog posts on breaking news in the entertainment field -Improving web traffic by managing SEO, Google analytics and social media posts

-Writing in-depth, award-winning investigative cover stories, music news and profiles -Editing and producing the weekly music section in print and ocweekly.com -Building and managing a team of 20 freelance writers and photographers -Conceptualized special issue covers (Coachella Issue, Music Issue, Where The Black People At?) -Created and maintained a budget for daily freelance work which the Weekly largely depends on and generated highest traffic of all website verticals in the Music section through social media strategies, quality content and SEO -Recruited and managed interns

-Hired full time to report on Music news in LA, wrote many front-page and section cover stories, contributed regularly to LAT’s music blog -Experience in web production laying out the Calendar pages on latimes.com, using in house software to create full package presentations of awards coverage

One of eight reporters chosen nationally to be a full-time fellowship reporter at the Times reporting on a variety of beats including Calendar, Business and Metro.

-Wrote about nightlife culture and business in Orange County -Edited print/digital listings -Contributed articles to music and culture sections -Wrote event blurbs for the Calendar section

-Contributed articles to news and music sections -Compiled print and digital event listings -Took photos for culture/nightlife stories -Wrote event blurbs for Calendar Section and Best Of Guide