The 2023 Susette M. Talarico Lecture, "American Police Reform, Act 2: Where Progress Stalls," will be presented by Jim Newton.

Newton is a veteran journalist, author and teacher. He spent 25 years at the Los Angeles Times, where he covered the LAPD and the city's struggle to recover from the beating of Rodney G. King and the riots that erupted the following year. He has written about policing and police reform for more than 30 years. He teaches at UCLA, where he founded and edits Blueprint magazine. Newton is the recipient of numerous national and local awards in journalism and while at the LA Times participated in two staff efforts that were awarded the Pulitzer Prize.