Joy Press has been named books and culture editor at the Los Angeles Times, where "her presence will allow us to expand our coverage of publishing and literary culture, with a special emphasis on ramping up our digital content," the paper said.
For the past two and a half years, Press has been the Calendar section's pop culture and deputy television editor; she developed a Sunday TV page and played a major role in expanding the Show Tracker blog.
Earlier, she was culture editor at Salon and was arts and culture editor at the Village Voice. Press has been a rock critic at Melody Maker and contributing editor at Spin magazine; co-authored The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock 'n' Roll; and edited War of the Words: 20 Years of Contemporary Writing in the VLS.
