Interview: Iliana Limón Romero, LA Times Sports Editor, on How a Diverse Newsroom Leads to Better Journalism

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4.5 • 729 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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In this episode, Brenda Elsey talks with LA Times Sports Editor Iliana Limón Romero, the first Latina to head a major newspaper’s sports' section, as well as the chair of the Association for Women in Sports Media and co-chair of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists Sports Task Force. They discuss how she got to her position, how having diverse voices in the newsroom changes how and what stories are told and how to best serve the reader in the changing media landscape. This episode was produced by Tressa Versteeg. Shelby Weldon is our social media and website specialist. Burn It All Down is part of the Blue Wire podcast network. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check out our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: https://www.bonfire.com/store/burn-it-all-down/ Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to burn it all down. It's the feminist sports podcast you need. I'm Brenda Elsie, and
0:15.5	today I'm thrilled to be interviewing Ileana Limon Romero. She is the LA Times sports editor.
0:24.1	She is also an assistant managing editor there.
0:28.0	She also serves as co-chair for the Sports Task Force of the National Association of Hispanic
0:33.8	Journalists and chair of the Association for Women in Sports Media.
0:39.2	Ileana, welcome to burn it all down. We're so excited to have you.
0:42.7	Thank you so much. I'm a long time listener, and this is such a huge honor.
0:45.9	I think I'd been following you a while in Orlando when you landed this job, which is a big deal.
0:57.1	Can you tell us a little bit about how you got to this place?
1:02.3	I don't know.
1:03.8	No, I'm just kidding.
1:04.6	I do know, but it is a big deal and it is a little startling.
1:09.1	I'm very grateful for opportunities and grateful for this
1:13.1	chance and the faith and trust and to be, I've been one of the first many times over since I
1:18.8	moved into leadership within sports journalism. And so this is just another one of those first,
1:25.9	but it's a pretty big one and a meaningful one, and one that I can see not only has an impact for me in the community that we cover, but also for a ton of journalists and athletes who have come to me through the years and said it really mattered to them that I was in that position, people who aspire to work in journalism that really matter to them
1:44.2	that they could see themselves and see a path. And that's, whoa, a lot to carry and a lot to feel
1:50.3	like, you know, you want to do a great job and open those doors. So in terms of my journey,
1:56.3	I will go through this as quickly as possible. I'm from El Paso, Texas. I went to the University of New
2:02.5	Mexico. I started off in news and had a chance to work as a reporter at a bunch of different
2:08.4	publications through internships before really getting settled at the Albuquerque Tribune.
2:13.1	A delightful afternoon paper that tried amazing things and just really nurtured great journalists and
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