Scott Dodd works on the National desk at The New York Times, where he edits criminal justice stories and has led coverage of the massive disruption to American education during the coronavirus pandemic. He also helps manage live coverage of breaking news, including hurricanes and wildfires, mass shootings, and protests over police violence.
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 specializing in breaking news and enterprise, he covered plane crashes, hurricanes, the Olympic Park bomber and a Super Bowl, winning numerous journalism awards. 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 magazines and running digital news outlets. He 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. 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 specializing in breaking news and enterprise, he covered plane crashes, hurricanes, the Olympic Park bomber and a Super Bowl, winning numerous journalism awards. 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 magazines and running digital news outlets. He 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.”