SCOTT SIMON

Scott Simon is one of America’s most admired broadcasters and authors, heard weekly on National Public Radio (NPR). Scott has been with NPR for more than four decades, starting as the Chicago bureau chief, before assuming other responsibilities for the network. He has reported from all 50 states, five continents, and 10 wars. Simon’s weekly radio show, Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR has been called “the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial” by the Washington Post. Scott Simon has won nearly every major award in broadcasting, including the Peabody, the Emmy, the Columbia-DuPont, the Ohio State Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the Sidney Hillman Award. Simon received the Presidential End Hunger Award for his coverage of the Ethiopian civil war and famine, and a special citation from the Peabody Awards for his weekly essays, which were cited as “consistently thoughtful, graceful, and challenging.”

He has received the Barry M. Goldwater Award from the Human Rights Fund, the Studs Terkel Award, and the Charles Osgood Lifetime Achievement Award.

Simon is also a contributor to CBS Sunday Morning. He has hosted many television programs, including PBS’s State of Mind, Voices of Vision, Need to Know and the Backstage with… series. The Paterson Project won a national Emmy, as did his two-hour special from the Rio Earth Summit meeting.  

In addition, he has authored numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction. 

In 2025, Scott Simon was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.