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Jack Anderson (Jackson Northman Anderson), 1922–, American newspaper columnist, b. Long Beach, Calif. After serving as a Mormon missionary (1941–44) and a term as a war correspondent during 1945, he was hired by Drew Pearson for the staff of his column, "Washington Merry-Go-Round." Anderson took over the column after Pearson's death in 1969. Controversial because of his unorthodox methods of obtaining news stories, Anderson has nonetheless uncovered vital information, including facts about the Watergate affair. Anderson and Pearson collaborated on The Case against Congress (1969). His reporting on the secret relations between the United States and Pakistan in its war with India won the 1972 Pulitzer Prize. Anderson has interviewed an enormous range of 20th-century figures, and his later reporting is considered more moderate than his earlier work.
See his memoir, Confessions of a Muckraker (1979).
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