the editor's disclaimer

My name is Ken and I don’t blog. I also don’t Tweet,  my Facebook page sucks and I only begrudgingly join online social networks because, well, I need a job.

First and foremost, I am a journalist. Former urban reporter, sports columnist, copy desk slot, manager, newsroom tech troubleshooter and teacher, and page designer for web and print. I have spent the past 30 years working for newspapers in Southern California, the last 19 with the Los Angeles Times.

I am also a mostly-self-taught computer geek who has written the programs and designed the databases used to power portions of my website, The Editor’s Disclaimer.

Once upon a time that website was a place to post weekly standings of  Hardball, a private, non-profit fantasy baseball league run strictly for the amusement of, well, mostly me, and the ever-changing cast of team managers. … Then it mutated.

On June 5, 2009, I joined the ranks of the unemployed as part of ongoing staff reductions which have claimed half the newsroom’s 1,200 employees over the past three years.

Hire me.