 Jay was a staff member on future Louisiana governor Edwin Edwards' election team in 1971 before moving on to become a popular regional print journalist for the Daily World in Opelousas, Louisiana and newscaster for KATC TV 3 in Lafayette, Louisiana, during 1975–76.He moved to WAFB-TV 9 in Baton Rouge from 1976-1981 and to WBRZ-TV from 1982–1987, the latter newscast reportedly the highest rated ABC-TV newscast for a market its size in the country.Young later published three novels (in the 1990s)