Jay Latimer McMullen (April 8, 1921 – March 10, 2012) was an investigative journalist for CBS News.
In 1958, he received the George Polk Award for a story, "Who Killed Michael Farmer," about the murder of a disabled boy by a gang.
In 1961, McMullen made an undercover film, "Biography of a Bookie Joint," which led to the demotion of some high-ranking Boston Police officers and the resignation of commissioner Leo J. Sullivan.
[2] The 1964 CBS Evening News ran a story on illegal mail-order traffic in amphetamines and barbiturates which, in turn, spurred the creation of the Drug Control Act of 1965.
Posing as a prospective drug buyer, he spent eight months in Mexico documenting how marijuana and opium were smuggled by airplane into the U.S., and was able to capture a deal with his hidden camera and microphone.