… of Fame of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists 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 … Hollywood in 1987 won a Pulitzer Prize. At the Times, he has been an editor of national politics, higher education and religion before taking his current role. He also headed Metpro, the Times’ training program to bring diversity to newsrooms. …