Matthew Ballinger is a former deputy editor at the Los Angeles Times. Ballinger joined The Times in 2008 and held roles on several teams — including Climate, Health and Science; the homepage; and copy editing — as well as founding the Utility Journalism Team and working on the rollouts of several newsroom technology platforms.
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