Kit Rachlis has been the Senior Editor of the California Sunday Morning since 2014. He is the former Editor in Chief of the Washington, D.C. based, political magazine The American Prospect and is an award-winning editor who spent nearly a decade as editor-in-chief of Los Angeles magazine. Under his leadership, Los Angeles received eight nominations for National Magazine Awards and won 39 gold medals from the City and Regional Magazine Association. He previously served as music editor and arts editor of the Boston Phoenix, arts and executive editor of The Village Voice, editor-in-chief of LA Weekly and Senior Projects Editor at the Los Angeles Times.
While at the Los Angeles Times, he edited articles that went on to win a Pulitzer Prize, the Ernie Pyle Award and the Livingston Award. Rachlis has served on the boards of the Association of Alternative Newspapers, PEN USA and the American Society of Magazine Editors. His writing has appeared in several anthologies, including The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock and Roll (1992) and, most recently, Empty Nest: 31 Parents Tell the Truth About Relationships, Love, and Freedom After the Kids Fly the Coop (2008). Born in Paris and raised in New York City, Rachlis earned a B.A. in American studies from Yale University in 1975.
As a senior fellow, Rachlis helps lead a series of discussions and projects on the arts, politics and society.
Contact Rachlis at commlead@usc.edu.