Jack Anderson (columnist)

Jack Anderson
Anderson c. 1973
Born
Jack Northman Anderson

(1922-10-19)October 19, 1922
Long Beach, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 17, 2005(2005-12-17) (aged 83)
Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationInvestigative journalist
AwardsPulitzer Prize

Jack Northman Anderson (October 19, 1922 – December 17, 2005) was an American newspaper columnist, syndicated by United Features Syndicate, considered one of the founders of modern investigative journalism. Anderson won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting for his investigation on secret U.S. policy decision-making between the United States and Pakistan during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. In addition to his newspaper career, Anderson also had a national radio show on the Mutual Broadcasting System, acted as Washington bureau chief of Parade magazine, and was a commentator on ABC-TV's Good Morning America for nine years.[1]

Among the exposés Anderson reported were the Nixon administration's investigation and harassment of John Lennon during its fight to deport Lennon; the continuing activities of fugitive Nazi officials in South America; and the savings and loan crisis. He revealed the history of a CIA plot to assassinate Fidel Castro[2] and was credited for breaking the story of the Iran–Contra affair under President Reagan. He said that the scoop was "spiked" because the story had become too close to President Ronald Reagan.[3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GWU was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cass, Connie. (December 18, 2005). Pulitzer-Winning Columnist Anderson Dies Kitsap Sun, AP. Archived at Wayback Machine, Archived on June 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Simon, Diane (November 17, 2010). "The Merry-Go-Round: On Jack Anderson". The Nation. Archived from the original on August 19, 2015. Retrieved June 8, 2022.