Harry Chandler's Employee Paper

AMONG Ourselves, a paper for the Times employees and affiliates first printed in 1924 and is still published today. Despite Chandler, and his father-in-law's, firm stance against unions, the executives provided a warm environment for their employees. One of the new additions to the Times building on Spring and Second in Downtown was a cafeteria, among the many revolutionary additions to the workplace. This front page depicts Harry Chandler and hangs in the Times cafeteria beside many more issues. Though the LA Times functions with a very different sense of ethical responsibility, Chandler's legacy remains a respected cornerstone across the country and around the world.

--Sarah Kruberg

Inventing LA: A Film Review

THE film "Inventing LA" provides an in-depth analysis of how one man began the Los Angeles Times, a newspaper which he used to push his own political and economic agendas, which ultimately played a major role in determining how Los Angeles came to be spatially, economically, and socially. The analyzes the grit and determination of Harrison Gray Otis, his successor Harry Chandler, and their ruthless attack on whatever posed a threat to their voice, their power, their catalyst, the Los Angeles Times. I highly recommend this documentary to anyone interested in the development of Los Angeles, Southern California real estate and an iconic Los Angeles.

-- Ryan Cavalier

Photo: Harrison Gray Otis

Credit: California State Military Department