David Lazarus is an American business and consumer columnist who works for KTLA[1] and worked for the Los Angeles Times from August 2007 to January 2022. His last column was published on January 28, 2022.[2][1]
David Lazarus has written pieces for Los Angeles Times about consumer affairs and business topics including YouTube,[4]AT&T[5] and BMW-customer service issues.[6]
He won first place in the 2005 National Headliner Awards contest for business reporting. And the Society of Professional Journalists in Northern California named him "Journalist of the Year" in 2001. A media watchdog site, Grade the News, described him this way: "Since coming to the Chronicle from Wired News[8] in 1999, David Lazarus has been one of the most prolific, and influential, writers at the paper."[9] He is known for sticking up and helping ordinary people deal with problems "such as fighting telemarketers" [10].
Lazarus[11] is the author of two books on Japan, where he lived for several years, and has had articles published in many magazines.[12]