Greetings.

Welcome to the website of Kenneth Broder, a recently laid-off journalist preparing for his next career move.

Once upon a time The Editor's Disclaimer 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.

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 last 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 the aforementioned fantasy league that provided the data encompassing much of this website.

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.