Mel

“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.
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