{"product_id":"scoop-the-evolution-of-a-southern-reporter-paperback","title":"Scoop: The Evolution of a Southern Reporter - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJack Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Matusow\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eHank Klibanoff\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom a gullible cub reporter with the \u003ci\u003eDaily Herald\u003c\/i\u003e in Biloxi and Gulfport, to the pugnacious Pulitzer Prize winner at the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e, to the peerless beat reporter for the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e covering civil rights in the South, Jack Nelson (1929-2009) was dedicated to exposing injustice and corruption wherever he found it. Whether it was the gruesome conditions at a twelve-thousand-bed mental hospital in Georgia or the cruelties of Jim Crow inequity, Nelson proved himself to be one of those rare reporters whose work affected and improved thousands of lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His memories about difficult circumstances, contentious people, and calamitous events provide a unique window into some of the most momentous periods in southern and U.S. history. Wherever he landed, Nelson found the corruption others missed or disregarded. He found it in lawless Biloxi; he found it in buttoned-up corporate Atlanta; he found it in the college town of Athens, Georgia. Nelson turned his investigations of illegal gambling, liquor sales, prostitution, shakedowns, and corrupt cops into such a trademark that honest mayors and military commanders called on him to expose miscreants in their midst. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Once he realized that segregation was another form of corruption, he became a premier reporter of the civil rights movement and its cast of characters, including Martin Luther King Jr., Stokely Carmichael, Alabama's Sheriff Jim Clarke, George Wallace, and others. He was, through his steely commitment to journalism, a chronicler of great events, a witness to news, a shaper and reshaper of viewpoints, and indeed one of the most important journalists of the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJack Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (1929-2009), former Washington Bureau Chief of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Pulitzer Prize (1960), the Drew Pearson Award for Investigative Reporting (1975), and the Robert F. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award (1999). Author or coauthor of several books, he lived with his wife, journalist Barbara Matusow. \u003cb\u003eBarbara Matusow\u003c\/b\u003e is a veteran writer, former television producer, and contributing editor with \u003ci\u003eWashingtonian Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. An award-winning journalist, she is author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Evening Stars: The Making of the Network News Anchor\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 220\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67894679797912,"sku":"9781496863607","price":52.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/1ArMgj1_pr9781496863607.webp?v=1793807441","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobookstore.com\/products\/scoop-the-evolution-of-a-southern-reporter-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}