Having developed a strong network of contacts in the Washington area , Nash left IFAP to become a freelance journalist in 1958 . Politics had always been a passion , and in order to write and file stories for many media outlets , he now had the opportunity to meet many American politicians , including Joseph McCarthy , Richard Nixon , Adlai Stevenson , Lyndon B. Johnson , and the up-and-coming John F. Kennedy and his brothers Robert and Ted Kennedy . His first major political event was the 1960 Democratic National Convention , where he was an eyewitness to many of the backroom and convention floor deals that resulted in the nomination of John F. Kennedy
1960 Democratic National Convention
1960 Democratic National Convention
Knowlton Nash