Scott Baker (journalist)

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William Scott Baker (born March 4, 1964) is an American political commentator and former television news anchor. He was an evening news anchor for thirteen years at WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He co-founded The Blaze, serving as editor-in-chief from 2010 to 2016.{{cite news |last1=Weprin |first1=Alex |title=The Blaze loses its editor-in-chief |url=https://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/04/the-blaze-loses-its-editor-in-chief-222444 |access-date=6 March 2019 |publisher=Politico |date=April 26, 2016}} Scott Baker is the Chief Marketing Officer at CRA | Admired Leadership.{{Cite web|title=Admired Leadership® Announces Two-Year Sponsorship with LPGA, Ladies European Tour Player Carlota Ciganda|url=https://www.yahoo.com/now/admired-leadership-announces-two-sponsorship-133000250.html|access-date=2021-07-28|website=www.yahoo.com|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728222450/https://www.yahoo.com/now/admired-leadership-announces-two-sponsorship-133000250.html|url-status=dead}}

Education

Baker obtained his degree in political science from Wheaton College. While attending Wheaton College, he became interested in broadcasting while working on political campaigns. In 1984, Baker worked full-time for the Reagan-Bush campaign. He was the state president of the Illinois College Republicans.{{cn|date=August 2022}}

Career

On August 31, 2010, Baker became managing editor of the online news and opinion website The Blaze. One of the site's co-founders, he was later appointed editor-in-chief. He left The Blaze in 2016. Previously, Baker worked for Voice of America (Washington, D.C.), CBS News (New York City), and at television stations in Erie, Pennsylvania, and Saginaw, Michigan, before becoming an evening news anchor for thirteen years at WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

For fifteen years, Baker taught a two-day seminar on broadcast journalism at the Leadership Institute in Arlington, Virginia.{{cite news|url = http://www.postgazette.com/pg/06157/695918-237.stm|title = WTAE shakes up anchor desk|date = June 6, 2006|first = Timothy|last = McNulty|publisher = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|access-date = September 5, 2010|archive-date = December 8, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191208043223/http://www.postgazette.com/pg/06157/695918-237.stm|url-status = dead}}

Personal life

In 2003, Baker married Miss America 1999 Nicole Johnson.{{cite web |first= Rob |last= Owen |title= The anchorman and the beauty queen |work= Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url= http://old.post-gazette.com/tv/20030809baker0809fnp5.asp |date= August 9, 2003 |access-date= May 5, 2018 |archive-date= May 24, 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220524124717/http://old.post-gazette.com/tv/20030809baker0809fnp5.asp |url-status= dead }} The couple met in the mid-90s at a seminar Baker held for college students interested in news careers. Johnson and Baker later divorced in 2008.{{Cite web|title=TV Q&A with Rob Owen|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/tv-qa/2008/02/14/TV-Q-A-with-Rob-Owen-83/stories/200802140409|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|language=en}} He resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

References

External links

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[https://observer.com/2015/09/the-quiet-co-founder-of-the-media-juggernaut-no-one-writes-about/ The Quiet Co-Founder of the Media Juggernaut No One Writes About]

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