Scott Detrow
{{Short description|American radio journalist}}
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| name = Scott Detrow
| image = Scott Detrow at White House briefing.png
| caption = Detrow questions President Joe Biden at a 2021 White House briefing
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| education = Fordham University (BA)
University of Pennsylvania (MPA)
| occupation = Journalist
| years_active = 2006–present
| known_for =
| title = Weekend host of All Things Considered
| employer = NPR
| website =
}}
Scott Detrow ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|d|ɛ|t|r|oʊ}}) 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.{{Cite web |title=Scott Detrow |url=https://www.npr.org/people/444796749/scott-detrow |access-date=3 October 2023 |website=NPR}}
Early life and education
Detrow grew up in New Jersey and Wisconsin, and graduated from Marquette University High School.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-11 |title=Want to be an NPR host like Scott Detrow? Pick up a book and start reading voraciously |url=https://www.wuwm.com/2023-10-11/want-to-be-an-npr-host-like-scott-detrow-pick-up-a-book-and-start-reading-voraciously |access-date=2023-10-29 |website=WUWM 89.7 FM - Milwaukee's NPR |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://scottdetrow.wordpress.com/about/ |archive-date= |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=State House Sound Bites|date=24 December 2009 }} 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.{{Cite web |last=Kultys |first=Kelly |date=2023-06-23 |title=Fordham Graduate Scott Detrow Named Weekend Host of NPR's All Things Considered |url=https://news.fordham.edu/fordham-magazine/npr-host-scott-detrow-reflects-on-the-fordham-mentor-who-helped-launch-his-career/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Fordham Newsroom |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Odcikin |first=Evren |date=2013-02-04 |title=KQED Announces Steven Cuevas and Scott Detrow as Los Angeles and Sacramento Bureau Chiefs |url=https://www.kqed.org/pressroom/3391/bureau-chiefs |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=KQED |language=en-us}} He also won a DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton for covering Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom.{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Jeffrey |date=2012-12-20 |title=WITF wins Silver Baton award for Marcellus Shale reporting |url=https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2012/12/witf_dupont-columbia_award.html |access-date=2023-10-08 |website=pennlive |language=en}}
He joined NPR in 2015, where he covered Congress and the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections. He became a White House correspondent in 2020. In 2021, he produced Sacred Ground, a documentary on the 20th anniversary of the Flight 93 tragedy, in partnership with WITF.{{Cite web |last=Stairiker |first=Kevin |date=2021-09-11 |title=NPR reporter Scott Detrow talks 'Sacred Ground' project on the 20th anniversary of 9/11 with Tim Lamber |url=https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/npr-reporter-scott-detrow-talks-sacred-ground-project-on-the-20th-anniversary-of-9-11/article_12112b30-1254-11ec-a726-33080c36fe21.html |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=LancasterOnline |language=en}} In 2022, he guest-hosted All Things Considered on location from Ukraine.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2023-05-31 |title=Scott Detrow named weekend host of 'All Things Considered' and 'Consider This' |url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/scott-detrow-named-weekend-host-of-all-things-considered-and-consider-this,243980 |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Editor and Publisher |language=en}}
He began hosting All Things Considered's weekend episodes on June 24, 2023, replacing Michel Martin.{{Cite web |date=2023-05-31 |title=WITF alum Scott Detrow named weekend host of 'All Things Considered' and 'Consider This' |url=https://www.witf.org/2023/05/31/witf-alum-scott-detrow-named-weekend-host-of-all-things-considered-and-consider-this/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=WITF |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Falk |first=Tyler |date=2023-05-31 |title=NPR taps Scott Detrow for weekend All Things Considered |url=https://current.org/2023/05/npr-selects-scott-detrow-as-weekend-host-of-all-things-considered/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Current |language=en-US}} From November 2023 to November 2024 he hosted Trump's Trials, a limited-run NPR podcast that covered the various criminal proceedings against former President Donald Trump.{{Cite news |last=Mullin |first=Benjamin |date=2023-12-27 |title=True-Crime Podcasts About Trump Are Everywhere |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/business/media/true-crime-podcasts-trump.html |work=The New York Times}}
Detrow regularly hosts NPR's special coverage of major news events, including the 2024 assassination attempt on President Trump, and the 2025 papal conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV.{{Cite news |last=Caldwell |first=Noah |date=2025-05-31 |title=What's it like to anchor NPR live special coverage? |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/05/31/nx-s1-5415759/whats-it-like-to-anchor-npr-live-special-coverage |access-date=2025-05-31 |work=NPR |language=en}}
Personal life
Detrow is a practicing Catholic{{cite podcast |host=Colleen Dulle |date=May 5, 2025|title=What happens inside a conclave? Everything you need to know. |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/what-happens-inside-a-conclave-everything-you-need-to-know/id1439165420?i=1000706419263 |work=Inside the Vatican |publisher=America Media |time= |access-date=May 6, 2025}} and fan of the New York Yankees.{{cite web | url=https://www.npr.org/2024/07/18/nx-s1-5044623/25-years-ago-today-nprs-scott-detrow-went-to-a-perfect-baseball-game | title=25 years ago today, NPR's Scott Detrow went to a perfect baseball game | work=NPR }}
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Category:21st-century American journalists