Nilsson, Joel

Joel Nilsson is an award-winning former political reporter and editorial writer for the Arizona Republic. He received a master's of science in journalism from Northwestern University. His writing has appeared in Time and he is the author of The San Carlos Story/San Carlos Update, a 1974 pamphlet compiled of articles Nilsson wrote while living on the reservation to document the socioeconomic and political problems faced by the tribe. Joel lives in Phoenix with his wife and three sons.