Scott Detrow | |
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 Detrow questions President Joe Biden at a 2021 White House briefing | |
| Education | Fordham University (BA) University of Pennsylvania (MPA) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Employer | NPR |
| Known for | NPR Political Correspondent |
| Title | Weekend Host of All Things Considered |
| Website | www |
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]
Early life and education
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
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 2024, he began hosting "Trump's Trials," a new NPR podcast focused on the criminal cases former President Donald Trump is facing.[11]
References
- ^ "Scott Detrow". NPR. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "About". State House Sound Bites. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Odcikin, Evren (2013-02-04). "KQED Announces Steven Cuevas and Scott Detrow as Los Angeles and Sacramento Bureau Chiefs". KQED. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ Johnson, Jeffrey (2012-12-20). "WITF wins Silver Baton award for Marcellus Shale reporting". pennlive. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Scott Detrow named weekend host of 'All Things Considered' and 'Consider This'". Editor and Publisher. 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ "WITF alum Scott Detrow named weekend host of 'All Things Considered' and 'Consider This'". WITF. 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ Falk, Tyler (2023-05-31). "NPR taps Scott Detrow for weekend All Things Considered". Current. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
- ^ Mullin, Benjamin (2023-12-27). "True-Crime Podcasts About Trump Are Everywhere". New York Times.
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