LAObserved.com
Janet Clayton is currently assistant managing editor/metro. "The decision to leave the Times was Janet's," says editor
Jim O'Shea. "I tried in vain to talk her into staying at the paper." Clayton
tells colleagues: "I am both excited and nervous about not knowing exactly what comes next. ... I'm just feeling deeply that it's time for me to explore the world beyond the Los Angeles Times, where I have spent my entire adult life."
