Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Approx. 12 items. Material includes: 4 clear plastic sleeves containing tear sheets of a series of articles by David Shaw on the coverage of ethnic minorities by newspapers in general, and LAT specifically (12/1990); one tear sheet, 5/26/1992), "Times coverage of LAPD, Minority areas," by David Shaw.
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Approx. 25 items. 3 examples of 60-sec. LAT "Radio Continuity" (ads); Transcripts on various subjects, including: failed talks between USA and Mexico on sale of natural gas to USA; Michael Jackson (KABC-radio) interview with LAT staffer David Shaw, in part on Shaw's articles on LAT errors in coverage; about a dozen transcripts reporting LAT's refusal to run comic strip "Doonesbury"; Jess Marlow (KNBC-tv) interview of David Halberstam, author of The Powers that Be, a book which generally praised (Otis C.-era) LAT;KABC-tv reporters comment on Howard Rosenberg's LAT article criticizing the station's coverage of the Guyana People's Temple tragedy (2 copies).
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Approx. 30 items: large selection of articles by and about David Shaw, a writer who, in the words of LAT co-worker Doug Shuit, "loves the spotlight and fights hard not to let it elude him," some of Shaw's internal LAT memos and correspondence with people at other newspapers, attorneys, and his own editors; in a 1975 response to a critical letter by a Mr. Parsons, Shaw offers that, as a media critic, "I will be criticized no matter what I do," and adds, "I have long since become inured to criticism"; 18-pp. text of Shaw's speech to the Los Angeles Times Management Conference (1/6/1988); etc.
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2 items: two copies, of LAT Broadcast Media Reports, week of 11/14/1993 (5-pp.) and 11/21/1993 (4-pp).
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2 items. Transcripts from KCBS-tv (7/20) of Media Critic Ron Powers report ranking LAT the winner in performance among major newspapers' coverage of 1984 Democratic National Convention, and a cover letter by Tom Johnson for LAT staff.
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Approx. 15 items: multi-page "Media questions & answers: Magazine project" (PR style "scripts" for anyone being interviewed about new magazine) ; multi-page "Media questions and answers: Los Angeles Times Magazine" (same as above) ; early version of LAT Mag. ; complete issue of NYT Magazine, 8/25/1985 ; complete issues of LAT Home, 9/8/1985 and 9/29/1985 ; related material.
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