Scott McCartney
{{short description|American journalist, best known as The Wall Street Journal's travel editor}}
{{For|the American skier|Scott Macartney}}
Scott McCartney is The Wall Street Journal's travel editor, as well as a regular columnist for the newspaper.
Background
McCartney currently lives in Dallas, though he is a native of Boston. He attended Duke University and graduated in 1982 with an A.B. in Public Policy Studies. He is the chair of the alumni network for The Chronicle, Duke's independent daily newspaper.
Career
He spent eleven years at the Associated Press, before joining The Wall Street Journal in 1993. He writes a regular column for the Journal, "The Middle Seat", and is also the Travel Editor.{{Cite web|url=http://topics.wsj.com/person/m/scott-mccartney/1432|title=Topics - the Wall Street Journal}}{{Cite web |url=https://online.wsj.com/article/the_middle_seat.html |title=The Oddest Airline Superstitions - WSJ.com |access-date=2017-03-14 |archive-date=2013-10-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004093112/http://online.wsj.com/article/the_middle_seat.html |url-status=dead }}
Awards and honors
McCartney won the Online News Association award for online commentary in 2003 for "The Middle Seat" and the George Polk Award for transportation reporting in 2000. He has also been honored by the Deadline Club and New York's chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
Works
- Defying the Gods: Inside the New Frontiers of Organ Transplants
- ENIAC: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the World's First Computer
- Trinity's Children: Living Along America's Nuclear Highway.
- Wall Street Journal Guide to Power Travel
References
{{Reflist}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2010}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090531080941/http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com/blogs/intelligenttravel/2009/05/scott-mccartney-writes-the-wal.html "The Elliott Interview: Scott McCartney"], National Geographic Traveller, IT Blog, May 19, 2009
- [https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90443523 "Scott McCartney on Air Travelers' Turbulent Times"], NPR
- [http://www.worldhum.com/travel-blog/item/interview-with-scott-mccartney-author-of-the-wall-street-journal-guide-to-p/ "Interview With Scott McCartney: Author of ‘The Wall Street Journal Guide to Power Travel’"], World Hum, Travel Blog, Rob Verger
{{authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:McCartney, Scott}}
Category:American male journalists
Category:Sanford School of Public Policy alumni
Category:The Wall Street Journal people
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
{{US-journalist-20thC-stub}}