Brittany Levine Beckman is the Features Editor at the Los Angeles Times, managing lifestyle and West Coast experiences/travel. She enjoys crafting feature ideas, learning new things, and colorized spreadsheets. She is a member of the Los Angeles Press Club’s Foot in the Door committee and helps coordinate the program for early career journalists. She also volunteers for WriteGirl, a nonprofit that empowers teen girls. She previously worked as managing editor at Mashable.