About Speaker

Samantha Masunaga is an entertainment business reporter, with a focus on Hollywood studios. She also writes the weekly Wide Shot newsletter about the business of Hollywood. Since joining the Los Angeles Times in 2014, she has covered the aerospace industry, workplace culture and Southern California’s Japanese American community. Masunaga has previously worked for the Oregonian, the Orange County Register and the Rafu Shimpo, among other publications. A Southern California native, she is an alumna of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and UCLA.