Scott Detrow is an American radio journalist who is the weekend host of All Things Considered, NPR's afternoon newsmagazine. He previously served as an NPR White House correspondent and co-hosted The NPR Politics Podcast.[1]

Scott Detrow
Detrow questions President Joe Biden at a 2021 White House briefing
EducationFordham University (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MPA)
OccupationJournalist
Years active2006-present
EmployerNPR
Known forNPR Political Correspondent
TitleWeekend Host of All Things Considered
Websitewww.npr.org/people/444796749/scott-detrow

Early life and education edit

Detrow grew up in New Jersey and Wisconsin, and graduated from Marquette University High School.[2][3] He attended Fordham University, graduating in 2007. As a college student, he worked for Fordham's public radio station WFUV. He earned a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government.[4]

Career edit

Detrow began his career as a statehouse reporter for NPR member stations WITF and KQED. He also reported on energy policy in Pennsylvania for NPR's StateImpact project. He won a national Murrow Award for reporting on the deployment of a Pennsylvania National Guard brigade to Iraq.[5] He also won a DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton for covering Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom.[6]

He joined NPR in 2015, where he covered Congress and the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. He became a White House correspondent in 2020.[4] In 2021, he produced Sacred Ground, a documentary on the 20th anniversary of the Flight 93 tragedy, in partnership with WITF.[7] In 2022, he guest-hosted All Things Considered on location from Ukraine.[8]

He began hosting All Things Considered's weekend episodes on June 24, 2023, replacing Michel Martin.[9][10] In November 2023, he began hosting "Trump's Trials," a new NPR podcast focused on the criminal cases former President Donald Trump is facing.[11]

References edit

  1. ^ "Scott Detrow". NPR. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Want to be an NPR host like Scott Detrow? Pick up a book and start reading voraciously". WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR. 2023-10-11. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  3. ^ "About". State House Sound Bites. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
  4. ^ a b Kultys, Kelly (2023-06-23). "Fordham Graduate Scott Detrow Named Weekend Host of NPR's All Things Considered". Fordham Newsroom. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  5. ^ Odcikin, Evren (2013-02-04). "KQED Announces Steven Cuevas and Scott Detrow as Los Angeles and Sacramento Bureau Chiefs". KQED. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  6. ^ Johnson, Jeffrey (2012-12-20). "WITF wins Silver Baton award for Marcellus Shale reporting". pennlive. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  7. ^ Stairiker, Kevin (2021-09-11). "NPR reporter Scott Detrow talks 'Sacred Ground' project on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with Tim Lamber". LancasterOnline. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  8. ^ "Scott Detrow named weekend host of 'All Things Considered' and 'Consider This'". Editor and Publisher. 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  9. ^ "WITF alum Scott Detrow named weekend host of 'All Things Considered' and 'Consider This'". WITF. 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  10. ^ Falk, Tyler (2023-05-31). "NPR taps Scott Detrow for weekend All Things Considered". Current. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  11. ^ Mullin, Benjamin (2023-12-27). "True-Crime Podcasts About Trump Are Everywhere". New York Times.