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Jack Anderson

Investigative Reporter

Current Position

Millions of readers rely on his "Washington Merry-Go-Round" to reveal the inner workings of Washington. Co-authored by Michael Binstein, the column is distributed to more than 400 newspapers, making it the most widely-read political column in America.

Anderson is also Washington bureau chief of Parade magazine, editor of "Jack Anderson Confidential"(a bimonthly newletter focusing on business and financial news), and a frequent contributor to various television documentaries.

In addition, Jack Anderson is an active and popular member of the lecture circuit.

Job History

Jack Anderson's journalism career began at the age of 12 with a $7-a-week job with the Murray Eagle, a newspaper in the suburbs of Salt Lake City, Utah. By the time he was 18, he was working on the city desk of the Salt Lake City Tribune.

When he was nineteen, Anderson served as a Church of Jesus Crist of Latter-day Saints missionary in the southern states for two years. With his mission completed, Anderson began coverage of World War II as a civilian war correspondent. After he was drafted, he continued to report with the Shanghai edition of the Army's newspaper, Stars & Stripes.

In 1947, Anderson knocked on the door of popular Washington muckraker Drew Pearson, and was hired immediately, Anderson quickly became Pearson's right-hand man, and was Pearson's choice to inherit the "Washington Merry-Go-Round" after Pearson's death in 1969.

Anderson's investigative reporting has included interviews with the world' most prominent figures, from Winston Churchill to Moammar Khaddafy. He has interviewed every president from Franklin Roosevelt to George Bush, and expects to add Bill Clinton to that list soon.

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