Laura J. Nelson
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California, politics, campaign finance, wealth, philanthropy
Wall Street Journal reporter in Los Angeles. Proud Kansan, @latimes and USC alum. laura.nelson@wsj.com, Signal: ljn.11
Laura J. Nelson’s Biography
Laura is an enterprise reporter in The Wall Street Journal's Los Angeles bureau, focusing on politics and wealth in California.
She previously was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times, where she worked for more than 13 years as an enterprise and investigative reporter and as a beat reporter covering transportation and politics. She has profiled Golden State power brokers and scrutinized major public policies and political campaigns, including races for California governor, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate.
Laura grew up in Kansas and graduated from the University of Southern California.