Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper

The Los Angeles Sentinel is an African American owned and operated newspaper that puts emphasis on issues concerning the African-American community and it's readers. Its a highly regarded paper that significantly influences the perceptions, attitudes and buying decisions of it's readership. The Sentinel is published weekly on Thursdays and boasts boasts a readership of over 125,000. Like a weekly

magazine, The Sentinel stays in the home from week to week and is the largest paid African American owned newspaper in the West, having a paid ABC audited circulation.

*Distinguished Executives and Members

Publisher: Jennifer Thomas
Publisher/CEO (1983-1997): Kenneth R. Thomas
Business Manager/Publisher (1948-1990): Ruth Washington
Founder/Publisher (1933-1974): Col. Executive Assistant to the Publisher/Member of the Board of Directors (2004-2014): Brenda Marsh-Mitchell

*Executive Department

Executive Publisher/CEO: Danny Bakewell Sr. Executive Vice President/Chief Operating Officer: Pamela A. Bakewell
Executive Editor/Chief of Staff: Danny J. Executive Assistant to the Chairman and Executive Editor: Tamela Mitchell
Taste of Soul Project Manager/Executive Assistant to the COO : Nicole Williams
Special Projects/ Outreach Coordinator/Account Receivable: Lauren Brazile
Accounts Payable: Jordan Cooper


*Editorial & Production Department

Religion Editor: Cora Jackson-Fossett
Staff Writer/Copy Editor/Digital&Social Media: Betti Halsell
Copy Editor/Digital&Social Media: Devyn Bakewell
Copy Editor:Alan Braxton
Photographer/Videographer/Copy Editor: E. Mesiyah McGinnis



Sports Writer: Amanda Scurlock

*Classified and Subscription Department
Advertising: Clifford Russell
Classified/Ads: Allen Moret
Production Designer: Angela Howard
Subscriptions/Distribution: Diana Pinkney