Hi, I'm Scott Dodd, an editor and the news director for the National desk at The New York Times, overseeing coverage of breaking stories across America.

I joined the paper in 2018 after a variety of roles across newspapers, magazines and digital media. I have won awards for investigative, sports, business, breaking news and public service reporting, and also led nonprofit newsrooms and taught at Columbia Journalism School.

My role at The Times includes running the National desk's LIVE operation for news such as mass shootings, police killings and high-profile trials; directing its coverage of severe weather (and sometimes talking about it on podcasts); and editing reporters with beats including criminal justice, the American Southwest and people with disabilities.

I also mentor young journalists through Report for America and The Daily Collegian, Penn State's student newspaper, where I got my start. If you're in the news biz and want to connect, find me on Twitter or LinkedIn.