Kelcie Pegher to lead expanded team as L.A. Times director of platforms

Top row, from left: Kelcie Pegher, Georgia Geen, Eduardo Gonzalez and Thomas Suh Lauder. Pegher will oversee three distinct disciplines — platforms, social video and partnerships — with the goal of developing workflows that foster more creativity in content presentation and building new best practices that align with changes in the industry. Sent on behalf of Managing Editor Sara Yasin, Deputy Managing Editor Shelby Grad and Assistant Managing Editor for Audience Samantha Melbourneweaver: We are excited to announce Kelcie Pegher’s new role as director of platforms. Pegher will ensure coverage for social video aligns with the news-of-the-day programming across platforms and work to create standards to make our video presence cohesive. And those helping on social video: Albert Brave Tiger Lee is a Southern California native, son of Korean immigrants, a father and a staff video journalist at the Los Angeles Times, which he joined in 1999.