Scott Simon is a well-known American journalist who works as the host of Weekend Edition Saturday at NPR, an American privately and publicly funded non-profit media organization. He is also one of the hosts of NPR’s Up First, a morning news podcast. He joined NPR as Chicago bureau chief in 1977. From El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and even Iraq, he has reported from all fifty states of the United States, five continents and ten wars.
He has appeared on numerous television shows, including PBS’ State of Mind, Voices of Vision, and Need to Know. He was the host of The Paterson Project, a television special that received a national Emmy. His two-hour coverage of the Rio Earth Summit was also nominated for a national Emmy.
He also co-hosts PBS’ Millennium 2000 alongside the BBC, as well as co-hosting the Columbia-DuPont Television Awards. Scott is a frequent guest and commentator on all major networks including BBC, NBC, CNN and ESPN. He has also written for The New York Times, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times of London and other publications.
Scott Simon Age
Scott Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on March 16, 1952. He is 69 years old.
Scott Simon Height
Scott stands at an average height of 5 ft 8 in/1.92m tall.
Scott Simon Family
His parents raised him in Chicago, Illinois, United States. His father is comedian Ernie Simon and his mother is actress Patricia Lyons. Scott had a younger sister who died when she was young. Scott’s father died when he was 16 years old. Scott’s mother eventually married Ralph G. Newman, an American Civil War researcher and author who owned the Abraham Lincoln Bookstore in Chicago.
He is the godfather of American sportswriter Jack Brickhouse. Scott grew up in major American and Canadian cities such as Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Montreal, Cleveland and Washington, DC
Spouse Scott Simon
He is happily married to his lovely wife, French documentary maker Caroline Richard. They met during an NPR interview in 2000 and married on September 10, 2000, in a mixed-faith ceremony that included Methodist, Quaker and Jewish elements. Their wedding took place in Ridgefield, Connecticut, at the home of fashion designer Alexander Julian.
Scott Simon Kids
He and his wife have two children, who were adopted from China as babies. Elise, who was adopted in 2004, and Lina, who was adopted in 2007. They identify as a Jewish family because Simon’s father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic.
Scott Simon Education
He graduated from Nicholas Senn High School in Chicago, Illinois, with a high school diploma in 1970.
Salary Scott Simon
Scott makes an annual salary of $112,450.
Scott Simon Net Worth
Scott’s estimated net worth is $2 million.
Scott Simon Career
He is a well-known American journalist who works for NPR, a non-profit privately and publicly funded media institution in the United States, where he hosts Weekend Edition Saturday. He is also one of the hosts of NPR’s Up First, a morning news podcast. Scott joined NPR as Chicago bureau chief in 1977. From El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and even Iraq, he has reported from all fifty states of the United States, five continents and ten wars.
He has appeared on numerous television shows, including PBS’ State of Mind, Voices of Vision, and Need to Know. He was the host of The Paterson Project, a television special that received a national Emmy. His two-hour coverage of the Rio Earth Summit was also nominated for a national Emmy.
He also co-hosts PBS’ Millennium 2000 alongside the BBC, as well as co-hosting the Columbia-DuPont Television Awards. He became known in the UK as the presenter of the ongoing BBC program “Eyewitness”, as well as a White House press specialist. He is a frequent guest and commentator on all major networks including BBC, NBC, CNN and ESPN.
Scott has also written for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Sunday Times of London, The Guardian, Los Angeles Times and other publications. For his “Conflict Cuisine” story in Gourmet, he won a James Beard Award. He won a James Beard Award for his article “Conflict Cuisine” in Gourmet. Scott is also a published novelist, with several bestselling books to his credit.
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