About

Beginning next month, I’ll cover Pennsylvania government, with a focus on energy issues, for NPR’s Impact of Government project. I’m  based in Harrisburg, and work at WITF-FM.

From 2009 to 2011, I was Pennsylvania Public Radio’s state Capitol bureau chief.  I covered politics and government for the state’s 7 NPR affiliates, and spent the bulk of my time reporting on the 2010 gubernatorial and Senate campaigns, the never-ending 2009 state budget impasse, and regulation of Pennsylvania’s emerging natural gas drilling industry.

I won a national Edward R. Murrow award  for my coverage of the Pennsylvania National Guard, which included a stint embedding with its 56th Stryker Brigade in Taji, Iraq.

I’ve also reported and anchored drive-time newscasts for WITF and WFUV-FM in New York City. At WITF, I covered Pennsylvania’s high-profile 2008 presidential campaign. In New York, I focused on City Council, and followed the 2005 mayoral race.

I graduated from Fordham University, and grew up in New Jersey and Wisconsin.

Contact: scott_detrow “at” pubradionews.net