Remembering Jack Nelson

He cherished investigative reporting as a newspaper's highest calling. By Doyle McManus Los Angeles Times Posted: Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009 My colleague, Jack Nelson, believed in old-fashioned virtues: Get your facts straight. Check them, and check them again. Don't be afraid to cross swords with the powerful. Above all, break news whenever you can. Jack, who died Wednesday at age 80, played various roles during his 54-year career. He was a political analyst, a television pundit, a manager who led the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau. But he described himself first as a reporter, the job he saw as most important to both the newspaper and the public it served. Whenever one of his reporters asked what he should be working on, Jack usually had the same Delphic answer: "Go out and break some news." After decades of experience,... [read full story]                    

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