John Carroll, editor who led LA Times to 13 Pulitzer

John S. Carroll, a courageous editor whose instinct for the big story and unrelenting focus on the craft of journalism guided the Los Angeles Times to new heights, including a record 13 Pulitzer Prizes in five years, died June 14 in Lexington (KY) of Creutzfeldt-Jakob, a degenerative brain disease. He was 73. Carroll joined The Times in 2000 after a distinguished career at the Philadelphia Inquirer, Kentucky's Lexington Herald-Leader and the Baltimore Sun. t The Times, he focused on investigative reporting and beat coverage, redesigned sections and changed the mix of columnists, including one who won a Pulitzer for criticism for writing about cars. Of the 13 Pulitzers the paper won under Carroll, five were awarded in 2004. It was the largest number The Times ever won in a single year and the second-largest in the history of the prizes.