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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In an exit interview with All Things Considered, DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg reflects on the Biden administration's infrastructure act and why it didn't resonate with some voters. -
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When they met in the mid-1970s, Jimmy Carter and Joe Biden were both political underdogs. They forged a strong friendship that lasted more than 50 years.
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For this year's All Things Considered holiday cocktail interview, we visited Providencia in Washington, D.C., a bar that brings its owners' personal stories to life. -
Ted Chiang was recently awarded the PEN/Faulkner Foundation's prize for short story excellence. He sat down with NPR to talk about AI, making art and grappling with big ideas. -
Cynthia Erivo says being different had "something to do with" her role as Elphaba in 'Wicked: Part 1.' -
We have a lot of labels for Leonardo da Vinci but a new documentary seeks to understand him as a person. -
If confirmed, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will have broad influence over federal agencies and health care policy — a prospect that worries many in public health given his history of conspiracy theories.
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As election day nears, the races loom large over the state fair in North Carolina, where voters are expressing both apathy and anxiety over their top issues and the candidates. -
North Carolina has more rural voters than any other 2024 presidential swing state, and canvassing groups are working to turn out voters in one purple county as early voting continues in the state.
