Scott Dodd works on the National desk at The New York Times, where he currently helps lead coverage of the massive disruption to American education during the coronavirus pandemic. He also edits criminal justice stories and helps produce live coverage of breaking news, including hurricanes and wildfires, mass shootings, and protests over police brutality.
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. His beats over the years included night cops, county government, the Pennsylvania statehouse and urban development.
As a general assignment reporter at The Charlotte Observer, he focused on breaking news and enterprise, covering plane crashes, hurricanes, the Olympic Park bomber and a Super Bowl, winning numerous journalism awards. A local alt-weekly once wrote that when the paper wanted “to make a good story a great one, it sends out Scott Dodd.”
After a fellowship at Columbia University, where he also taught as an adjunct professor, Scott explored other roles in journalism, which included editing for a science magazine and running a digital news outlet. He returned to his roots in 2018, joining The Times as a senior staff editor.
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. His beats over the years included night cops, county government, the Pennsylvania statehouse and urban development.
As a general assignment reporter at The Charlotte Observer, he focused on breaking news and enterprise, covering plane crashes, hurricanes, the Olympic Park bomber and a Super Bowl, winning numerous journalism awards. A local alt-weekly once wrote that when the paper wanted “to make a good story a great one, it sends out Scott Dodd.”
After a fellowship at Columbia University, where he also taught as an adjunct professor, Scott explored other roles in journalism, which included editing for a science magazine and running a digital news outlet. He returned to his roots in 2018, joining The Times as a senior staff editor.