Editing Highlights
A desk editor at The New York Times works with reporters to plan coverage, assign and shape stories, and line edit articles for publication, which includes writing headlines, captions and social copy. Some of Scott's recent work:
- 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
- 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