Matt Nelson
Matt Nelson was recently hired as the third multimedia fellow at the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire. Nelson originally hails from Hibbing, Minn., a city that is well known across the world as being the hometown of music legend Bob Dylan.
A Midwestern boy at heart, Nelson has worked at media outlets in both Minnesota and Iowa. He got his start on the small-town beat when he interviewed World War II veterans for the local newspaper. One of those veterans was Veda Ponikvar, who was a Navy WAVE during World War II. It was while interviewing Ponikvar that Nelson first heard about Drake University, from which he graduated in 2012. Nelson majored in Drake's News/Internet program, and received a minor in physics.
During his college career, Nelson interned at the Hibbing Daily Tribune, the Des Moines Register, Patch.com and ABC News. He also attended the Online News Association's conference as part of the Google student newsroom in 2011.
Nelson is excited to be multimedia fellow for the Scripps Howard Foundation Wire, and he is eager to apply his multimedia skills in a dynamic setting like Washington.
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Elite runner rebounds after a tough year
April 12, 2013 8:31 pm
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Jennifer and Michael Wardian are the parents of Pierce, 6, and Grant, 4. SHFWire photo by Matt NelsonWASHINGTON - Michael Wardian doesn't run as much as he used to.
Interactive NCAA bracket: Scroll down to see if Obama beats McConnell
March 22, 2013 5:59 pm
It’s the biggest showdown in Washington
Catching cyber criminals not easy, House committee is told
March 21, 2013 6:19 pm 
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Christopher Painter, the U.S. coordinator for cyber issues, on Thursday describes efforts the White House is making to combat the threat of cyber attacks. SHFWire photo by Matt NelsonWASHINGTON - House members tried to find out Thursday why it’s so hard to prosecute cyber criminals, but like the international perpetrators, answers remained elusive.
Report says cyber-espionage group sponsored by Chinese
March 20, 2013 4:14 pm
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Kevin Mandia, CEO of Mandiant, says Tuesday that the amount of data stolen by a Chinese government-backed data hacking scheme is more than any one person could read in a lifetime. He briefed Senators on the report. SHFWire photo by Matt NelsonWASHINGTON – The Chinese government may be sanctioning a cyber-espionage group based in Shanghai, according to a recent report from information security company Mandiant.
Isiserettes ready to rock and roll at inaugural parade
January 20, 2013 7:05 pm 
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Grayson Smith, 15, demonstrates how he wears the set of quad drums. Grayson, a member of the Isiserettes, will be one of the performers in Monday’s inaugural parade. SHFWire photo by Matt NelsonWASHINGTON - After Monday, Zion Freeman will have marched in two inaugural parades.
He is 11 years old.
INTERACTIVE: Inauguration Firsts
January 18, 2013 11:36 am
WASHINGTON — Some presidents are edgier than others when it comes to their inauguration ceremonies. Every four years, they get the chance to break with tradition — or maybe begin some of their own.
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INTERACTIVE: Why it's bunk: 5 bogus predictions of the end times
December 15, 2012 1:40 pm
INTERACTIVE — From false prophets to glitchy computer codes, here are five bogus predictions of the end times and the incorrect assumptions behind them.
As the Dec. 21, 2012 potential apocalypse approaches, get the facts behind the most outrageous end-of-times scenarios, and learn how real people were impacted by fake prophecies.
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INTERACTIVE: Explore the method of the House office lottery
December 3, 2012 6:30 pm
INTERACTIVE — Explore the method and rationale of the House of Representatives office lottery in this SHFWire interactive graphic.
Find out how the lottery works, which offices fill last, and how long it takes some House members to walk from their office to the Capitol.
Advanced technology exposes invisible information in centuries-old manuscripts
November 20, 2012 5:04 pm
Click on photo to enlarge or download: Michael Toth, program manager of the Sinai Palimpsest Project, describes the logistical challenges that researchers face while photographing ancient documents at St. Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt. SHFWire photo by Matt NelsonWASHINGTON — Meghan Hill knows how to operate a specialized camera that reveals the secrets of ancient manuscripts from Egypt's Sinai desert, but she still has to deal with the occasional photobomb.
