Taylor Pensoneau covered the Illinois Statehouse beat for the St. Louis Post Dispatch from Oct. 1965 through Jan. 1978, reporting on the Richard Ogilvie, Dan Walker, and Jim Thompson gubernatorial administrations. Following this, he worked for several years as a lobbyist at the Illinois Coal Association, and while there began a third career, writing books on Illinois' political and criminal history.
Interview Links
Abstract
Interview Session 09 (Audio)
Jim Edgar’s administration & Pensoneau w/ IL Coal Assn
Interview Session 10 (Audio)
Jim Edgar’s administration & Pensoneau w/ IL Coal Assn
Related Materials
Journalists’ View
You can find the rest of Taylor Pensoneau’s interview in the Journalists’ View.