Scott Dodd is an editor on the National desk at The New York Times, where he has helped lead coverage of some of the biggest stories of our time, including the massive disruption to American education during the coronavirus pandemic.
A small-town West Virginia native who also lived in New Orleans, Tulsa and Pittsburgh growing up, Scott graduated from Penn State and spent a dozen years reporting for newspapers in Pennsylvania and the Carolinas, on beats including night cops, county government, the Pennsylvania statehouse and urban development.
As a general assignment reporter at The Charlotte Observer, he covered plane crashes, hurricanes, the Olympic Park bomber, the military, NASCAR races and a Super Bowl. His stories won awards for breaking news, investigations, business coverage and sports reporting, and the local alt-weekly wrote that "when the Observer wants to make a good story a great one, it sends out Scott Dodd.”
After a fellowship at Columbia University, Scott explored other aspects of the media business, including editing at a science magazine, teaching journalism and running a digital news outlet. He returned to his newspaper roots in 2018, joining The Times as a floating editor with stints in Sports, Special Sections and the Washington bureau.
A small-town West Virginia native who also lived in New Orleans, Tulsa and Pittsburgh growing up, Scott graduated from Penn State and spent a dozen years reporting for newspapers in Pennsylvania and the Carolinas, on beats including night cops, county government, the Pennsylvania statehouse and urban development.
As a general assignment reporter at The Charlotte Observer, he covered plane crashes, hurricanes, the Olympic Park bomber, the military, NASCAR races and a Super Bowl. His stories won awards for breaking news, investigations, business coverage and sports reporting, and the local alt-weekly wrote that "when the Observer wants to make a good story a great one, it sends out Scott Dodd.”
After a fellowship at Columbia University, Scott explored other aspects of the media business, including editing at a science magazine, teaching journalism and running a digital news outlet. He returned to his newspaper roots in 2018, joining The Times as a floating editor with stints in Sports, Special Sections and the Washington bureau.