Lila Seidman covers California’s most consequential wildlife and outdoors stories for the Los Angeles Times, from vast forests threatened by a beetle to wild horses trampling an otherworldly landscape. Prior to joining The Times, her bylines appeared in Gawker, Vice and LA Weekly, and she spent a life-changing summer at a newspaper in Mongolia.
A seasoned media commentator, she has appeared on CBS to discuss an opportunity to be a “sheep docent,” and has guested on KCRW’s “Good Food” to dish about endangered trout (and why you can’t eat them). Her reporting is fueled by a fascination with her hometown ecosystems — driving her once to eat a fish caught in the L.A. River for a story.
She holds a bachelor’s degree from Reed College and a master’s degree from Pepperdine University, and is a former fellow with the Carter Center and USC Center for Health Journalism.
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