As a journalist, Don Jordan has
written his weekly newspaper outdoors column, Inside
Outdoors, since 1973 when he worked for the now-defunct
Bloomington 
Courier-Tribune. The column
has appeared in many other newspapers since 1975. He has been an
active member of the Outdoor Writers Assn. of America since 1973.
Jordan served as a corresponding editor of Environment magazine and has written for a wide variety of outdoor, sports and environmental publications. He has received reporting awards from the Audubon Society, the Izaak Walton League and United Press International. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his investigative reporting on PCBs discharged in Bloomington, Ind., by Westinghouse Electric Corp. As an educator, Jordan taught journalism and anthropology at Indiana University and the University of Wisconsin at Superior, and was a faculty member at Indiana University's College For Gifted and Talented Children. Don now co-hosts a broadcast version of his column, Inside Outdoors Radio, on WHCC 105.1 FM in Bloomington, Indiana. Archives of all these radio broadcasts are online.
Indy is a Vietnam vet. He served with the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and the 173rd Airborne Brigade as an infantry lieutenant and commander of the 46th Public Information Detachment at Bong Son in 1970. He received the Bronze Star and Army Commendaton medals.
