Los Angeles Times business reporter Samantha Masunaga is now covering entertainment business news.

Masunaga has been writing about workplace culture and also covers the aerospace industry. Since joining The Times in 2014, she has covered local and national breaking news, the craft beer industry 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.