Trinidad born PIO named managing editor of LA Times

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Davan Maharaj achieves unique achievement

May 20, 2008

Trinidad born PIO Davan Maharaj was named managing editor of the Los Angeles Times, a unique achievement. Maharaj advanced from the position of business editor he occupied in 2007 to his new duties overseeing the newsroom and oversight of Foreign, National, Metro, Sports and Business departments whose editors will report to Maharaj. Maharaj, 45, has worked as a reporter for The Times in Orange County, Los Angeles and East Africa. His six-part series "Living on Pennies," in collaboration with Times photographer Francine Orr, won the 2005 Ernie Pyle Award for Human Interest Writing and inspired readers to donate tens of thousands of dollars to aid agencies working in Africa.

Another Maharaj story, an investigative report about a Leisure World attorney who inherited millions of dollars in stock, land and other "gifts" from his clients, led to changes in California probate law. Maharaj has been an assistant foreign editor and, in Business, served as a deputy editor before assuming leadership of the department last year. During Maharaj's tenure, the Business section revamped its coverage to give greater emphasis to consumer issues. It also redesigned its Sunday section to focus on personal finances.

A native of Trinidad, Maharaj holds a political science degree from the University of Tennessee and a master's degree in law from Yale University. "Anyone who has worked closely with Davan knows him as a passionate advocate for good stories, and for the people who work hard to produce them," said LA Times Editor Russ Stanton.

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