Andrés Martínez (born c. 1966 in Mexico) is an American journalist. He is currently the director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program at the New America Foundation. In the past, he has worked as an opinion journalist and business writer, his highest position as editorial page editor of the Los Angeles Times, a position from which he resigned amid scandal. Youth Martinez was born in Mexico to Jeanette B. Martinez (of Boston) and Alfredo Martinez Urdal of Mexico City. He graduated from Yale University with a history degree in 1988. He earned a Master's Degree in Russian history from Stanford University in 1989, and a J.D. degree from Columbia University in 1992, where he served on Law Review. Career Law (1992-1993) After law school, Martinez practiced communications law in Washington, D.C. at the firm Verner Lipfer, and served as a law clerk for Federal District Judge Jerry Buchmeyer in Dallas. Journalism Pittsburgh (1994-1997) Switching to journalism, Martinez went to work as a reporter for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in 1995. In 1995, Martinez moved to the Post-Gazette's editorial board, where he served until 1997. Marriage In 1995, Martinez married Katherine Collins Hall, an associate at Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, a law firm in Pittsburgh, when Martinez was 29 years old. The couple divorced but together they have a son named Sebastian. The Wall Street Journal (1997-98) Martinez went on to work for The Wall Street Journal as a business reporter in 1997. Book on Las Vegas (1999) In 1999, Martinez released his first book, 24/7: Living It Up and Doubling Down in the New Las Vegas. The New York Times (2000-2004) In 2000 Martinez became a writer at The New York Times. There, he served as assistant editorial page editor and a member of the editorial board. In 2004, he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for editorials he wrote about how U.S. farm subsidies negatively impact the third world. Los Angeles Times (2004-2007) After moving to the Los Angeles Times in September 2004, Martinez's duties were expanded to include oversight of the op-ed page and "Sunday Current", in addition to his responsibilities for the editorial page, upon the October 2005 resignation from the paper of Michael Kinsley, who had served as editorial and opinion editor. "Grazergate" Controversy In March 2007, Los Angeles Times reporter James Rainey wrote that the paper's publisher David Hiller was considering the cancellation of that weekend's "Sunday