Scott Detrow
Scott Detrow covers state politics and government for WHYY and Pennsylvania's other public radio stations.
Before working at the Capitol, Scott reported on politics and anchored afternoon newscasts for WITF-FM in Harrisburg and WFUV-FM in New York City.
Scott grew up in New Jersey and Wisconsin, and graduated summa cum laude from Fordham University with degrees in political science and English. Scott has won a national Edward R. Murrow Award for a series on the Pennsylvania National Guard, and embedded with its 56th Stryker Brigade north of Baghdad in 2009. He also won a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for a radio documentary he produced on South Africa's AIDS pandemic in 2006.
He's an unapologetic Yankees fan, and amateur griller and cook.
Recent stories by Scott Detrow:
- Pa. redevelopment grants may soon be endangered species, November 11th, 2010
- Pennsylvania House will return to vote, November 10th, 2010
- Corbett may step away from corruption probe, November 10th, 2010
- Pa. auditor general continues targeting waste, November 9th, 2010
- Pennsylvania lawmakers shut out, November 9th, 2010
- Corbett faces tough task of appointing his replacement, November 9th, 2010
- Philadelphia aims to regulate Dumpsters, November 5th, 2010
- Pennsylvania General Assembly closes shop, November 5th, 2010
- Corbett will be busy as he prepares for inaugural, November 4th, 2010
- Pa. Senate leader sets new game plan in Harrisburg, November 4th, 2010
- Pennsylvania will have a new governor, and a new party in the state’s top seat, November 3rd, 2010
- Corbett and Onorato wait for results, November 2nd, 2010
- Obama makes last-minute pitch in Philadelphia, October 30th, 2010
- Rendell administration prepares for transition, October 28th, 2010
- Lawmaker money: Corbett says no, but Cawley says yes, October 28th, 2010
- Gingrich predicts GOP takeover of House, October 26th, 2010
- Fact checking Corbett ad, October 22nd, 2010
- Fact checking Onorato ad, October 22nd, 2010
- U.S. Senator Durbin predicts Dems will keep the reins in Washington, October 22nd, 2010
- Rendell says natural gas severance tax is dead, October 22nd, 2010
- Corbett vows to privatize state liquor stores, October 20th, 2010
- Toomey, Sestak see eye to eye on DADT repeal, October 18th, 2010
- Toomey, Sestak see eye to eye on DADT repeal, October 15th, 2010
- Pennsylvania pension reform moves then stalls, October 15th, 2010
- New self defense bill raises Pa. gun control worries, October 15th, 2010
- Pa. lawmakers slog toward gas tax agreement, October 13th, 2010
- GOP, Democrats still at odds on Pa. natural gas tax, October 12th, 2010
- Agenda full as Pennsylvania Senate term winds down, October 12th, 2010
- The Pa. Senate has three days left to consider languishing bills, October 12th, 2010
- Top Republicans stand up Gov. Rendell, October 11th, 2010