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Julia Wick’s Biography

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Julia Wick is a former reporter at the Los Angeles Times. She and her Times colleagues won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for reporting on a leaked audio recording that upended Los Angeles politics.

She was also part of the L.A. Times team that was a 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist for work covering a fatal shooting on the set of the film “Rust.” Before the Times, Wick was the editor in chief of LAist.

Julia Wick’s Journalist Portfolio

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Supervisor Lindsey Horvath says she has 'no plans' to run for mayor. But she's not trying to cool...

Supervisor Lindsey Horvath says she has 'no plans' to run for mayor. But she's not trying to cool...

Political insiders wonder whether L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath is considering a bid for L.A. mayor.…

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L.A. may land a new congressional seat. Is it already reserved?

L.A. may land a new congressional seat. Is it already reserved?

L.A. County Supervisor Hilda Solis has yet to publicly announce her candidacy. But she's made her intention t…

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Stephen Miller finally gets his revenge on L.A.

Stephen Miller finally gets his revenge on L.A.

In the long shadow of his policies, renewed attention is being paid to Miller's upbringing in the famously li…

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Steve Soboroff bows out as L.A. fire recovery czar, with some parting shots

Steve Soboroff bows out as L.A. fire recovery czar, with some parting shots

Steve Soboroff, Mayor Karen Bass' handpicked Palisades fire recovery czar, said this week that he had been ef…

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L.A. mayor's text messages provide vivid window into early fire response

L.A. mayor's text messages provide vivid window into early fire response

Mayor Karen Bass' texts illustrate how she communicated remotely with her staff and across levels of governme…

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Why is Mayor Karen Bass deleting her text messages?

Why is Mayor Karen Bass deleting her text messages?

Bass and her office have said she was in constant communication while she was out of the country. But it's im…

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Articles

Bass Advisor Remained in Private Mayor's Office Chats While Doing P.R. for Lineage

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Yusef Robb pictured in 2023. (L.A. Material photo illustration) AS THE LINEAGE WAREHOUSE FIRE blasted noxious smoke over Boyle Heights and beyond last month, Mayor Karen Bass scrambled to quell the rage of residents and contain the political fallout. During that same period of time, a consultant hired to assist the cold storage company with its crisis communications could see every press inquiry that the mayor’s office was receiving about the fire, along with the office’s internal discussions.
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What’s up with L.A.’s water infrastructure?

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Good morning, it’s Tuesday, July 21. Today’s clouds will do little to temper the heat (high 80s to low 90s). An expert explains some of L.A.’s water pipe challenges. An aerial view of a water main brake on Sunset Boulevard on Friday morning.
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Why L.A. bars import ice from Japan

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Good morning, it’s Monday, July 20. It will be distastefully warm today (high 80s/low 90s) and slightly hotter tomorrow. 1. How luxury ice got so hot. Everything L.A. Material contributor Anna Holmes writes is a delight (you might know her work from the New Yorker, the Atlantic or Jezebel, which she founded). But her idiosyncratic observations and peripatetic curiosity are particularly well-suited for this story.
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Awards

Pulitzer Prize

2023 - Breaking News

My L.A. Times colleagues and I were awarded the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in breaking news for "revealing a secretly recorded conversation among city officials that included racist comments, followed by coverage of the rapidly resulting turmoil and deeply reported pieces that delved further into the racial issues affecting local politics."

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