“The right spot at the right time. That’s what this business is all about. Sometimes you stay in one spot and other times you play hunches and you would cruise.”

– Mel Finkelstein

Read the Mel Finkelstein story as told by Jonathan Tilove and view a selection of Mel’s photographs by clicking on “Mel Finkelstein: Playing a Hunch,” below.

Jonathan Tilove is the Statesman’s chief political writer. He was a Washington correspondent for the New Orleans Times-Picayune from 2008 to 2012. Before that he covered race and immigration issues for Newhouse News Service for 18 years.