Editing Highlights

An assigning editor works with reporters to plan coverage, shape stories and line edit articles for publication, which includes writing headlines (sometimes award-winning ones), photo captions, push notifications and social copy. Here are some of the articles that Scott has handled at The Times.
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• Tear Gas Clears Path for Trump to Visit Church​ June 1, 2020
  
• A Pandemic Bright Spot: In Many Places, Less Crime May 26, 2020
• University of California Will End Use of SAT and ACT in Admissions May 21, 2020
• Floodwaters Breach Michigan Dams, Forcing Evacuations May 20, 2020
• College Calendars in the Pandemic: No Fall Break and Home by Thanksgiving May 19, 2020
• Fever Checks and Quarantine Dorms: The Fall College Experience? May 19, 2020
• The Class Divide: Remote Learning at 2 Schools, Private and Public May 10, 2020
• Investigators Call Evidence in the Ahmaud Arbery Shooting ‘Extremely Upsetting’ May 9, 2020
• As Students Put Off College, Anxious Universities Tap Wait Lists May 1, 2020
• Should the Virus Mean Straight A’s for Everyone? April 30, 2020
• Despite Trump’s Nudging, Schools Are Likely to Stay Shut for Months April 28, 2020
• ‘It’s a Slap in the Face’: Victims Are Angered as Jails Free Inmates April 24, 2020
• Trump Says Harvard Must Pay Back Relief Money He Signed Into Law April 21, 2020
• Online School Demands More of Teachers. Unions Are Pushing Back. April 21, 2020
• Coronavirus Devastates Detroit Police, From the Chief on Down April 20, 2020
• After Coronavirus, Colleges Worry: Will Students Come Back? April 15, 2020
• Chicago’s Jail Is Top U.S. Hot Spot for Virus April 8, 2020
• As School Moves Online, Many Students Stay Logged Out April 6, 2020
• ‘Jails Are Petri Dishes’: Inmates Freed as the Virus Spreads Behind Bars March 30, 2020
• In a Town Where Meth Is Eclipsing Opioids, Everyone Feels the Pain March 28, 2020
• Coronavirus and Poverty: A Mother Skips Meals So Her Children Can Eat March 20, 2020
• The Class of Covid-19 March 17, 2020
• For Some Buyers With Virus Fears, the Priority Isn’t Toilet Paper. It’s Guns. March 16, 2020
• After Decades of Suspicion, Robert Durst Faces Justice March 3, 2020
• Klobuchar Ramped Up Prosecutions, Except in Cases Against Police Feb. 26, 2020
• Gender Pronouns Can Be Tricky on Campus. Harvard Is Making Them Stick. Feb. 19, 2020
• An Old and Contested Solution to Boost Reading Scores: Phonics Feb. 15, 2020
• Fear and Takeout: 14 Days in Coronavirus ‘Self-Quarantine’ Feb. 4, 2020
• ‘Scared and Panicked’: Travelers Rush to Avoid Virus Quarantine Feb. 2, 2020
• A Cancer Patient Stole Groceries Worth $109.63. She Was Sentenced to 10 Months. Feb. 1, 2020
• Why This Iowa Campus Is Erasing Political Chalk Talk Jan. 30, 2020
• The 9 Victims of the Helicopter Crash That Killed Kobe Bryant Jan. 27, 2020
• ‘I Lost My Legs': Wounded in Iraq, He Sued Iran Jan. 12, 2020
• Robert Durst, Subject of ‘The Jinx,’ Admits Writing Key Note in Murder Case Dec. 31, 2019
• ​‘A Cesspool of a Dungeon’: The Surging Population in Rural Jails Dec. 13, 2019
• Prosecutors Usually Send People to Prison. These Are Getting Them Out. Nov. 28, 2019
• ​Court Stops Execution of Rodney Reed in Texas After Outcry Nov. 15, 2019​
• They Thought It Was Their Uber. But the Driver Was a Predator. April 4, 2019