Scott Detrow
Scott Detrow is a political correspondent for NPR. He covers the 2020 presidential campaign 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.
Before that, he 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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A day after the final presidential debate, Democrat Joe Biden enters the home stretch of the election with a number of socially distant events in key swing states.
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In the closing stretch of the presidential campaign, Democrats see that their candidate is up in the polls — but fear another 2016. Joe Biden's campaign is specifically warning about complacency.
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Joe Biden travels to North Carolina on Sunday, while President Trump holds a rally in Nevada. We get the latest from the presidential campaign trail with just over two weeks to go until Election Day.
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Organizers said Thursday the next presidential debate would be virtual, but President Trump said he wouldn't participate. Meanwhile, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are campaigning in Arizona.
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Vice President Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris are set for a debate on Wednesday in Utah. NPR discusses what is at stake for each of them.
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A week after the first presidential debate, Democratic nominee Joe Biden appears to be pivoting to his closing argument. On Tuesday, Biden gave remarks in Gettysburg, Pa.
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The president's coronavirus diagnosis forced the Biden to adjust his campaign. He's continuing to hold events, and using his speeches to urge people to wear masks.
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On Tuesday, the Democratic nominee shared the debate stage with President Trump, who has tested positive for the virus. -
After Tuesday night's contentious debate, Joe Biden went on a train tour through Ohio and Pennsylvania. President Trump held a rally in northern Minnesota. Debate organizers are planning changes.
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After Tuesday's presidential debate, Democratic nominee Joe Biden heads off on a tour of eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, both key states.
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's past debate performances demonstrate how he may handle his first direct matchup with President Trump Tuesday night.
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Kamala Harris made her national reputation as a sharp, partisan questioner in Senate hearings. As a vice presidential nominee, that may not be her approach in the next Supreme Court confirmation.
