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Andrés Martinez (editor)
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Andrés Martinez (born c.1966) was editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times from September 2004 to March 22, 2007.
inez was born in Mexico to Jeanette B. Martinez (of Boston) and Alfredo Martinez Urdal of Mexico City. Urdal was the chief executive of Coca-Cola FEMSA, a bottling company in Mexico City, who died in September 2004 after a long illness .
He graduated cum laude from Yale University with a history degree.
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Andrés Martinez (born c.1966) was editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times from September 2004 to March 22, 2007.
Biography
Martinez was born in Mexico to Jeanette B. Martinez (of Boston) and Alfredo Martinez Urdal of Mexico City. Urdal was the chief executive of Coca-Cola FEMSA, a bottling company in Mexico City, who died in September 2004 after a long illness .
He graduated cum laude from Yale University with a history degree. He earned a Master's Degree in Russian history from Stanford University, and a law degree from Columbia University, where he served on Law Review. After law school, Martinez practiced communications law in Washington, D.C. and served as a law clerk for a federal district judge in Dallas.
In 1995, Martinez married Katherine Collins Hall. She graduated magna cum laude from Princeton University and received a law degree from Columbia University. Hall is the daughter of Judith Hall (VP of , a research service in Stamford, CT) and Daniel Hall (president of Stamford, CT laser printing company Computer Output Systems). In 1995, Hall was an associate at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, a law firm in Pittsburgh .
Career
Switching to journalism, Martinez worked as a reporter for The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, where he joined the editorial board in September 1995. He also worked as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal before becoming an editorial writer at The New York Times in the summer of 2000. There, he served as assistant editorial page editor and a member of the editorial board. For his work done there he was a 2004 Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorial writing.
After moving to the L.A. Times in September 2004, Martinez's duties were expanded to include oversight of the op-ed page and "Sunday Current," in addition to his responsibilities for the editorial page, upon the October 2005 resignation from the paper of Michael Kinsley, who had served as editorial and opinion editor.
Martinez resigned from the Los Angeles Times in the wake of a scandal involving the selection of Hollywood producer Brian Grazer as the first in a quarterly series of "Sunday Current" guest editors. When it was publicly revealed that Martinez was romantically involved with a public relations executive who had previously represented Grazer, publisher David Hiller decided to cancel the section only three days prior to its planned publication. Interpreting this move as a sign of "no confidence" in his editorial judgment, Martinez .
Sunday Current Controversy
As a part of the scandal leading to his resignation from the L.A. Times, Martinez publicly admitted a romantic relationship with Kelly Mullens, a public relations executive. Martinez is presently separated from his wife and in the middle of divorce proceedings. He asserts that he did not begin dating Mullens until after he and his wife split . Martinez ultimately filed a claim against his ex-girlfriend over his demise at the paper, although it was widely reported that his action was in direct retaliation to a restaining order she received against him earlier in the year in Washington, DC as a result of his unstable behavior and threats. .
Bibliography
- "24/7: Living it Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas" (Villard 1999)
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External Links/References
- - Martinez's public letter upon resignation
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