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Mr. Jack Nelson
Jack Nelson was the Washington Bureau Chief of the Los Angeles Times. He covered the past six presidents and every presidential campaign from 1968 through 1996. Since retiring in December, 2001, he has taught as a visiting professor of the University of Southern California’s School of Journalism. In 2002 he was a Shorenstein Fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He was presented the Drew Pearson Award for Investigative Reporting, the Robert F. Kennedy Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism, and was named a Fellow by the National Society of Journalists. In 1960 he received a Pulitzer Prize for local reporting. 1965 marked the beginning of his long career with the Los Angeles Times, where he served as Atlanta and then Washington's (1975-1996) bureau chief. In addition to his newspaper affiliations, Nelson has served as Chairman of the Pew Center for Civic Journalism's Advisory Committee, president of the Gridiron Club, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and founded the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. In 1999 he was honored with the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Photo credit: Jack Nelson
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