This volume deals with the journalistic merits of one of the most important American West Coastnewspapers. Since 1942, the Los Angeles Times was decorated with about 50 Pulitzer Prizes across allaward categories, from Meritorious Public Service to International, National, Local and InvestigativeReporting as well as opinion-related Editorial, Commentary or Criticism Writings plus caricatures byoutstanding artists.Heinz-Dietrich Fischer, EdD, PhD, is Professor Emeritus at the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany.