Scott Bernard Nelson

Scott Bernard Nelson is a writer, actor, and whiskey reviewer based in Portland, Oregon. While currently working in higher education, he previously dedicated 22 years to journalism, covering impactful events such as 9/11 in Manhattan, crossing into Iraq with U.S. Marines, and contributing to The Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of abuse in the Catholic Church, which inspired the film “Spotlight.” Since 2019, Scott has shared his insights as a whiskey reviewer for The Whiskey Wash.