Scott Detrow
Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.
Detrow joined NPR in 2015. He reported on the 2016 presidential election, then worked for two years as a congressional correspondent before shifting his focus back to the campaign trail, covering the Democratic side of the 2020 presidential campaign.
Before NPR, Detrow worked as a statehouse reporter in both Pennsylvania and California, for member stations WITF and KQED. He also covered energy policy for NPR's StateImpact project, where his reports on Pennsylvania's hydraulic fracturing boom won a DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton and national Edward R. Murrow Award in 2013.
Detrow got his start in public radio at Fordham University's WFUV. He graduated from Fordham, and also has a master's degree from the University of Pennsylvania's Fels Institute of Government.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with former Iran nuclear negotiator Seyed Hossein Mousavian about the ongoing talks between the U.S. and Iran over the latter's nuclear program.
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NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Daniel Nugent-Bowman of The Athletic about the Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers facing off for the Stanley Cup finals for a second year in a row.
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NPR staffers take on a perennial question: What makes for a good summer movie?
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with research scientist Maria Mota about her recent piece in the science journal "Nature" entitled, "Europe can capture the US brain drain — if it acts fast."
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Angela Stent, professor emeritus at Georgetown University, about what motivates Russian President Vladimir Putin as talks to end the war in Ukraine continue.
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Endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh is completed the first solo swim around the island of Martha's Vineyard, to raise awareness for shark populations.
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Imports to the U.S. fell sharply last month, as President Trump's worldwide tariffs took effect. But the future of those tariffs is in question after a pair of federal court rulings this week.
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Hamas has responded to a U.S. ceasefire proposal in Gaza that includes the release of around half of its remaining living hostages.
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Mexico is set to elect its judges by popular vote — a move that critics warn could undermine judicial independence and empower organized crime.
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