Scott Dodd is an editor on the National desk at The New York Times, where he leads coverage of education and criminal justice issues across the country, from overcrowded rural jails to free speech debates on campus. He also helps manage coverage of breaking news stories, including mass shootings, hurricanes and the coronavirus outbreak.
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, including eight at The Charlotte Observer.
His beats over the years included night cops, county government, the Pennsylvania statehouse and urban development. He covered plane crashes, hurricanes, political corruption and a Super Bowl, winning numerous journalism awards for his work. He also once let police pepper spray him in the face.
Before joining The Times in 2018, Scott spent several years writing and editing for science magazines and digital news outlets. He has also taught journalism at Columbia University, where he earned a master’s degree on a science writing fellowship in 2007.
A local alt-weekly once wrote that when his paper “wants to make a good story a great one, it sends out Scott Dodd.”
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, including eight at The Charlotte Observer.
His beats over the years included night cops, county government, the Pennsylvania statehouse and urban development. He covered plane crashes, hurricanes, political corruption and a Super Bowl, winning numerous journalism awards for his work. He also once let police pepper spray him in the face.
Before joining The Times in 2018, Scott spent several years writing and editing for science magazines and digital news outlets. He has also taught journalism at Columbia University, where he earned a master’s degree on a science writing fellowship in 2007.
A local alt-weekly once wrote that when his paper “wants to make a good story a great one, it sends out Scott Dodd.”