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Additional Areas of Expertise:

military affairs, aviation and transportation, regulatory affairs

Jack has been a writer and editor in Washington, D.C. since 1978, principally with the Washington bureau of The New York Times. He has written extensively about energy, the environment, industry and military affairs, also covering financial and transportation beats, and editing articles across the full spectrum of national and international policy.

Among his beat assignments at The Times, he covered climate and the environment during the Clinton administration. He served on the board of governors of the National Press Club and was its president in the year 2000. He has taught brief courses in media and environmental law at the Vermont Law School. He retired from The Times in 2013 after 27 years and is working on a book of environmental history.