"When The Charlotte Observer wants to make a good story a great one, it sends out Scott Dodd." --Creative Loafing 2005 Best of Charlotte Awards

Selected stories, columns, and blog posts from throughout my career: 

ONEARTH
Honeybees to EPA: Where Is Thy Sting? March 29, 2013 (republished by Salon)
Forest Service Rethinks Controversial -- and Shortsighted -- Firefighting Policy March 7, 2013 (republished by Mother Jones and Salon)
Peanut Busted: Execs Face Jailtime for Deadly Salmonella Outbreak February 22, 2013
Town Board to Residents: Shut Up About That Darn Fracking Thing, Willya? February 12, 2013 (republished by Salon)
In Space, Everyone Can See You Frack January 18, 2013
Secretary of State Candidate Has a Major Financial Stake in Canadian Tar Sands November 28, 2012 (praise for this story from Columbia Journalism Review)
The Twinkie Is Dead! Long Live the Twinkie! November 16, 2012
In the Land of No Gas and Very Short Fuses November 5, 2012
A Father's Personal Plea to the Approaching Frankenstorm October 26, 2012
Book Review: Demon Fish Fall 2011
Storm Beaters: Can Hurricanes Be Stopped? August 26, 2011
Putting Down Roots Summer 2011
Book Review: Eels Winter 2011 
Heat + New Gizmo = Power Summer 2010 
Coyotes Spotted on Columbia Campus February 8, 2010

SLATE
President Obama Is an Introvert and So Am I October 5, 2012

BUSINESS INSIDER
We Can't Keep Gambling With Our Most Important Resource February 1, 2012

GRIST
Urban hawks take flight on New York’s Upper West Side June 24, 2009

OCEANUS
DMS: The Climate Gas You’ve Never Heard Of July 2008

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
Making Space for Time January 2008 

THE SUN HERALD
Help Us Now: Frustration sets in, aid slow to come September 1, 2005
‘Our Tsunami’ Aug. 30, 2005 

THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
Suspect shoots officers in head April 6, 2006
Bomber planned more Olympics blasts, FBI hit April 14, 2005
I took that new SAT, and my old brain is beat March 13, 2005
Danger on board: Has train safety gone far enough? February 13, 2005
Race world tragedy: Plane crash kills 10 October 25, 2004
Airline’s challenge: To transform or die September 13, 2004
Wasteful or worth the price? September 12, 2004
Contractor says final goodbyes amid Iraq siege May 2, 2004
Video poker generous to Black in last election December 21, 2003
Death at the Pound: Kill rates rise as city neglects best solution June 30, 2003

YORK DAILY RECORD
Guilty until proven innocent May 24, 1995