EXPERIENCE
Los Angeles Times, associate editor, 1998-; assistant to Times Editor, 1995-98; director, Times Mirror Foundation, 1996; deputy editorial page editor, 1989-95; editorial writer, 198089; staff writer, specializing in Latin-American affairs, 1971-80; intern reporter, Metro staff, 1970-71.
EDUCATION
Newspaper Management Center, Northwestern University, 1997. Nieman Fellow, Harvard University, 1987-88 academic year. California State University, Northridge. B.A., Journalism, 1970. (Selected outstanding graduating senior in Journalism and outstanding graduating senior in the university.) Magna Cum Laude. University of California at Los Angeles, 1966-68.
PERSONAL
Born: May 18, 1948. Los Angeles, California. Married. Children: Valentina, born 1975; Frank Jr., born 1992.
AWARDS
Los Angeles Times Editorial Award for the best column, commentary or editorial, 1991. Cowinner, for editorials on the Rodney King/LAPD/Daryl Gates case. Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for Meritorious Public Service for series "Southern California's Latino Community," 1984. Sigma Delta Chi Career Achievement Award, 1982. "Emmy" Award for Distinguished Achievement in Writing for KNBC-TV documentary, "The Unwanted," 1976.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Committee to Protect Journalists, board member, 1994- . Charter member of California Chicano News Media Assn., member of board of directors, 1972-; president from 1973-76, 1985-87. Visiting faculty member at University of California at Berkeley, 1978; full-time faculty member of the 1979 Program for Minority Journalists. Dow-Jones Newspaper Fund, member of the board of directors, 1985-92.
AWARDS AND AWARD-WINNING WORKS [back to top]
- Activist Sets Sights on Making Latinos the 'Swing Vote'
Southern California's Latino Community (series) - Los Angeles Times
- Pulitzer - 1983, Public Service - Los Angeles Times
- Pulitzer - 1983, Public Service - Los Angeles Times
- Latinos: Living on the Bridge Between Two Worlds
Southern California's Latino Community (series) - Los Angeles Times
- Pulitzer - 1983, Public Service - Los Angeles Times
- Pulitzer - 1983, Public Service - Los Angeles Times
- Two Latino Political Activists Travel Separate Paths
Southern California's Latino Community (series) - Los Angeles Times
- Pulitzer - 1983, Public Service - Los Angeles Times
- Pulitzer - 1983, Public Service - Los Angeles Times
- Sigma Delta Chi - 1992, Career Achievement Award