… Saturday. Padilla is editor of Column One, the Los Angeles Times front page story-telling showcase. Padilla began his career as a journalism major at ELAC, where he was editor-in-chief of Campus News, before transferring to USC, where he worked on the Daily Trojan. He spent a short time as a reporter with the San Diego Union, then was an editor with Hispanic Link in Washington, D.C. before joining the … appreciate the fact that, even though he is in demand as a writing coach at newspapers across the country, he always takes time to make a presentation to my students whenever I ask him to,” said Stapleton. The other three honorees were Ingrid …