Joel Sappell Assistant Managing Editor and Executive Editor, Interactive

EXPERIENCE
• Los Angeles Times, assistant managing editor and executive editor, interactive, 2005-present; senior entertainment editor/business, 2002-2005; metro projects editor, 1997-2002; city editor, 1994-97; staff writer, metro, specializing in investigative reporting, 1981-90
• New York Daily News, business writer, 1980-81
• Los Angeles Herald Examiner, projects reporter, 1978-80

EDUCATION
California State University of Long Beach. Journalism major

PROFESSIONAL AWARDS
• Helped guide coverage of 1992 Los Angeles riots (staff Pulitzer for spot news reporting) and the 1994 Northridge earthquake (staff Pulitzer for spot news reporting)
• American Bar Association, Silver Gavel Award, 1997 (Editor for series on LA County jails)
• California Bar Association, Gold Medallion, 1997
• Times Mirror Journalist of the Year, 1997
• Times Mirror Journalist of the Year, 1998
• Los Angeles Times Editorial Award, 2004, assignment editor
• Los Angeles Times Editorial Award, editor’s choice for sustained excellence, 1997
• Los Angeles Times Editorial Award for the best project by a team of reporters from any department, co-winner for “The Scientology Story,” 1990
• George Polk Award for local reporting, 1982