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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With Inflation and an unpredictable economy, Christmas shopping might look different this season. Washington Post financial columnist Michelle Singletary talks about families can navigate things.
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From building homes to filling pantries to re-enacting medieval history for middle-schoolers – yes, you read that right – acts of volunteerism have remained vital for communities across the country.
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Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and other congressional Democrats released a video last week letting service members know they can refuse illegal orders. Kelly is now being investigated for misconduct. -
Scientists have harnessed artificial intelligence to classify lion roars, a tool they say could help with lion conservation.
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Justin Patchin, criminal justice professor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, on new age verification guidelines for the online gaming platform Roblox, and tips for parents to protect their kids online.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., after President Trump's recent comments about the potential release of files from the Justice Department's investigation of Jeffrey Epstein.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with former White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter about gifts from foreign governments or corporations that President Trump has accepted.
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NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Rep. Robert Garcia, ranking Democratic member of the House Oversight Committee, about newly-public emails that appear to tie Jeffrey Epstein to President Trump.
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This year is the 25th anniversary of humans inhabiting the International Space Station. A new PBS documentary looks at how the ISS was built and the challenges of surviving in outer space.
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House Speaker Mike Johnson says one of the first orders of business once Congress is back will be swearing in Democrat Adelita Grijalva, who won a special election to replace her father in Congress.
