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Rex Nelson
Rex Nelson (born September 2, 1959) is an American journalist, columnist, author, sports broadcaster, and former political appointee. He is a senior editor and columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and is known for writing about Arkansas history, politics, food, culture, and rural communities.
Nelson previously served as director of policy and communications for Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Delta Regional Authority in 2005. He is also the longtime radio voice of Ouachita Baptist University football.
Nelson was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, on September 2, 1959, to Robert "Red" Nelson and Carolyn Caskey Nelson. He grew up in Arkadelphia's Ouachita Hills neighborhood, near the Ouachita Baptist University campus and the Ouachita River. His parents, both former teachers, later operated a sporting-goods store in downtown Arkadelphia.
Nelson graduated from Arkadelphia High School in 1978. While in high school, he began his journalism career with a local radio show. He attended Ouachita Baptist University, where he worked as sports editor of the Daily Siftings Herald, served as sports director for local radio stations KVRC-AM and KDEL-FM, and became a play-by-play announcer for Ouachita football and men's basketball games.
Nelson graduated from Ouachita in December 1981. Other institutional biographies have described him as a 1982 alumnus of the university. The White House later described him as graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in communications and a minor in political philosophy.
After graduating from Ouachita, Nelson worked as a sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat before returning to Arkadelphia to become editor of the Daily Siftings Herald. At age twenty-three, he was the youngest editor of a daily newspaper in Arkansas. In 1983, he became news and sports director for Arkadelphia-based radio stations KVRC-KDEL.
Nelson returned to the Arkansas Democrat in 1985 as assistant sports editor. About a year later, editor John Robert Starr selected him as the newspaper's Washington, D.C., correspondent. In January 1991, Nelson became editor of Arkansas Business. In 1992, he joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as its first political editor, supervising reporters in Little Rock and Washington during Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign and early presidency. He also hosted the Response to Rush program on KARN-FM.
Nelson returned to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in June 2017 as senior editor and columnist. His columns often focus on Arkansas history, small towns, foodways, culture, politics, and rural development.
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Rex Nelson
Rex Nelson (born September 2, 1959) is an American journalist, columnist, author, sports broadcaster, and former political appointee. He is a senior editor and columnist for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and is known for writing about Arkansas history, politics, food, culture, and rural communities.
Nelson previously served as director of policy and communications for Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and was appointed by President George W. Bush to the Delta Regional Authority in 2005. He is also the longtime radio voice of Ouachita Baptist University football.
Nelson was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, on September 2, 1959, to Robert "Red" Nelson and Carolyn Caskey Nelson. He grew up in Arkadelphia's Ouachita Hills neighborhood, near the Ouachita Baptist University campus and the Ouachita River. His parents, both former teachers, later operated a sporting-goods store in downtown Arkadelphia.
Nelson graduated from Arkadelphia High School in 1978. While in high school, he began his journalism career with a local radio show. He attended Ouachita Baptist University, where he worked as sports editor of the Daily Siftings Herald, served as sports director for local radio stations KVRC-AM and KDEL-FM, and became a play-by-play announcer for Ouachita football and men's basketball games.
Nelson graduated from Ouachita in December 1981. Other institutional biographies have described him as a 1982 alumnus of the university. The White House later described him as graduating summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in communications and a minor in political philosophy.
After graduating from Ouachita, Nelson worked as a sportswriter for the Arkansas Democrat before returning to Arkadelphia to become editor of the Daily Siftings Herald. At age twenty-three, he was the youngest editor of a daily newspaper in Arkansas. In 1983, he became news and sports director for Arkadelphia-based radio stations KVRC-KDEL.
Nelson returned to the Arkansas Democrat in 1985 as assistant sports editor. About a year later, editor John Robert Starr selected him as the newspaper's Washington, D.C., correspondent. In January 1991, Nelson became editor of Arkansas Business. In 1992, he joined the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette as its first political editor, supervising reporters in Little Rock and Washington during Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign and early presidency. He also hosted the Response to Rush program on KARN-FM.
Nelson returned to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in June 2017 as senior editor and columnist. His columns often focus on Arkansas history, small towns, foodways, culture, politics, and rural development.