LA WEEKLY
A Decade of News, Politics, Culture and the Art Behind It All
A journalistic force in Southern California, LA Weekly has reported on everything from art, entertainment, lifestyle, and culture. Breaking the story of the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer, a true-crime blockbuster that was later optioned into a Lifetime TV movie, LA Weekly has won more awards from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia than any other publication in the country. And in 2007 it became the first newspaper to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for restaurant criticism.
Founded in 1978 by an investment group that included actor Michael Douglas, L.A. Weekly is the nation’s most widely read alt-weekly, with well over 4 million active users visiting laweekly.com each month. Today, creative director Darrick Rainey helps bring these stories to life on the page as he shares never before seen images, notes, and stories that contributed to some of the magazine's most iconic covers in the last decade.
Darrick Rainey is the EIC and Creative Director for the LA Weekly. A Hollywood native with an obsession for underground art and music, began his career with a background in art direction for advertising and marketing. His alt-weekly addiction started in San Francisco for the SF Weekly and, upon his arrival to the LA Weekly as Creative Director, he continued to design and manage award winning creative for the Seattle Weekly, Denver Westword, Phoenix New Times, OC Weekly and The Village Voice.
