Kimi Yoshino is an American journalist and managing editor of The Washington Post . She was the founding editor-in-chief of The Baltimore Banner , a nonprofit publication funded by Baltimore-area hotel magnate Stewart W. Bainum Jr. [1]
Kimi Yoshino is an American journalist and managing editor of The Washington Post . She was the founding editor-in-chief of The Baltimore Banner , a nonprofit publication funded by Baltimore-area hotel magnate Stewart W. Bainum Jr. [1]
Yoshino worked at the Stockton Record and the Fresno Bee [2] before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2000. [2] She helped develop the publication's most popular blog, L.A. Now. [3] Yoshino reported on unethical practices at a fertility clinic in the University of California Irvine, [4] and on dangerous rides at Disneyland. [5] Yoshino was the guiding editor of an investigative story about the Bell corruption scandal that won a Pulitzer Gold Medal in 2011 for Public Service. [6] [7] She met her husband, a translator, while working in Iraq. [3] She became the chief editor of Business and Finance for the L.A. Times in 2014. [6] [8] In 2015 and 2016, Yoshino received awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers for general excellence. [9]
In January 2018, Yoshino was unexpectedly approached by chief editor Lewis D’Vorkin while in a meeting, and escorted directly outside without being able to retrieve her personal belongings. [5] [10] There was no explanation to the press or others in the company. [9] [5] It has been speculated by fellow staff members that D’Vorkin believed Yoshino had leaked unflattering audio recordings of D'Vorkin in meetings to The New York Times and NPR , [8] and possibly that Yoshino had been involved in a scathing piece on D'Vorkin published in the Columbia Journalism Review the day before her firing. [9] [10] [5] It's also suspected the suspension may have been the result of a critical story about Disneyland which had been edited by Yoshino and caused public relations problems for D'Vorkin. [8]
She has also contributed to the Seattle Times , [11] Nieman Lab, [12] the Boston Herald , [13] the Stockton Record [2] and the Fresno Bee. [2]
As editor of the Banner, Yoshino built the largest newsroom in Maryland and oversaw a series of stories on Baltimore's overdose crisis that won a George Polk Award and Pulitzer Prize. In May 2025, she departed to become managing editor of The Washington Post, overseeing features, sports, local, investigations and data. [14] [15]
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