Sewell Chan to deputy managing editor at Los Angeles Times

Sewell Chan

Sewell Chan will begin in September as a third deputy managing editor at the Los Angeles Times.

He comes from the New York Times, where he co-founded a local news blog, supervised a mobile app launch and helped lead a global newsroom, The L.A. Times said. “He has served as an international news editor for nearly three years: two years in London and, for the last 11 months, in New York.”

Previously: Scott Kraft to managing editor at Los Angeles Times