Soumya Karlamangla

Soumya Karlamangla is a San Francisco-based reporter for The New York Times, focused on California news and culture. She writes a daily newsletter about the state called California Today. Her work involves reflecting the state's diverse perspectives and origins in her reporting, covering topics such as politics, health care, Covid-19 pandemic effects, and cultural events. Before joining The Times in 2021, she worked as a reporter at the Los Angeles Times for eight years. She has covered Los Angeles politics and culture, major fires and mass shootings across California including one in her hometown Thousand Oaks in 2018. Soumya spent most of her time at the Los Angeles Times as a health care reporter extensively covering the Covid-19 pandemic. In 2021, she was named a Livingston Award finalist for excellence in local reporting for her stories on a nurse in Los Angeles who died of Covid-19. She recently moved from Los Angeles to the Bay Area and is adjusting to its less sunny climate while appreciating San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Soumya adheres to journalistic ethics, making her stories fair and accurate, understanding issues from multiple angles, and not accepting gifts or favors from anyone who might figure into her reporting. She identifies herself when working as a reporter for The Times and upholds the standards of integrity outlined in their Ethical Journalism Handbook. Soumya can be contacted via email at soumya.karlamangla@nytimes.com.