Scott Simon
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| Born | March 16, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Show | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Network | National Public Radio |
| Time slot | Syndication |
| Style | Presenter |
| Country | United States |
| Website | Program website Personal website |
Scott Simon (born March 16, 1952)[1][2] is an American journalist and the host of Weekend Edition Saturday on National Public Radio.
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[edit] Life and career
Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons,[3][4] and brother to a sister who died at a young age.[5] He grew up in major cities across the United States and Canada, including Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Montreal, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C.[4] After his father died, his mother married Ralph G. Newman, a former minor league baseball player and American Civil War scholar and author who ran the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop in Chicago.[6][7]
Simon's first book, Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan, was published in the spring of 2000, and his second, Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball, was published in 2002. Simon has written a book – Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption – about his family's experiences. He is also the author of two novels: Pretty Birds (2005) and Windy City: A Novel of Politics (2008).
Simon has hosted BBC World News America, filling in for Matt Frei.[Authentication required.]
In May 2010, Simon was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Willamette University where he was the keynote speaker for that year's commencement exercises.[8]
After September 11, 2001, Simon spoke and wrote in support of the "war on terror." Simon wrote an op-ed for the October 11, 2001 Wall Street Journal, "Even Pacifists Must Support This War."[9] Simon questioned nonviolence at greater length in the Quaker publication Friends Journal in December 2001, provoking many angry letters, to which Simon replied in the May 2003 edition.
[edit] Family
Simon met French documentary filmmaker Caroline Richard during an NPR interview in 2000. They married September 10, 2000, in a mixed faith (Methodist, Quaker, and Jewish) service in Ridgefield, Connecticut, at the home of fashion designer Alexander Julian.[1] They have two daughters, both adopted as babies from China; the first, Elise, in 2004,[10][11][12] and the second, Lina, in 2007.[13] They consider themselves a Jewish family (Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was of Irish Catholic background).[11][14] Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning. The family was staying at a hotel near the restaurant at the center of the poisoning incident, and had twice bought food there for their young daughter. The health of the family was not affected.[15]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Lois Smith Brady (10 September 2000). "Weddings: Vows; Scott Simon and Caroline Richard". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE4DA1339F933A2575AC0A9669C8B63. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ "Annoying Campaign Songs". Weekend Edition Saturday. National Public Radio. 2008-02-23. Transcript. Retrieved on 2008-02-23.
- ^ Susan Van Dongen (14 November 2000). "Three Americans: Abraham Lincoln, Aaron Copland and NPR's Scott Simon". The Princeton Packet. http://www.pacpubserver.com/new/enter/11-14-00/copland.html. Retrieved 2008-02-23.
- ^ a b NPR Biography on Scott Simon. Retrieved 2007-07-09. Archived May 13, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Teri Gross. "Scott Simon's Family: 'In Praise Of Adoption'". Fresh Air. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129375629&ft=1&f=13.
- ^ "Chicago's Cubs", by Jonathan Alter, The Washington Monthly, May 2000. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
- ^ "Memorial to Ralph G. Newman", by John Y. Simon, July 1998, reprinted in Illinois Heritage 2000, hosted by Northern Illinois University. Retrieved 2007-07-09.
- ^ http://www.willamette.edu/events/commencement/cla/honorary_degrees/index.html
- ^ Web copy made available by Ellen Comisso, accessed 16 Jan 2010. The op-ed is cited and quoted in "When reporters sound off, eyebrows rise". Current. 8 September 2003. http://www.current.org/ethics/ethics0316news.shtml., accessed 16 Jan 2010.
- ^ "Cat and Child, So Comfy Together", by Scott Simon, Weekend Edition, November 27, 2004. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ a b "NPR Host Scott Simon: Riding on Airwaves", Jeff Rubin, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, October 18, 2006. Also at InterfaithFamily.com. Both retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ "Scott Simon Releases First Novel:Pretty Birds", WKAR, 2005-08-30. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ "Reflections on Welcoming a New Family Member", Scott Simon, Weekend Edition, June 30, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ http://www.newsreview.com/chico/familiar-voice/content?oid=1984069
- ^ "NPR report." NPR. November 30, 2006. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
[edit] External links
- NPR Biography on Scott Simon
- Weekend Edition Saturday
- Voices on Antisemitism Interview with Scott Simon from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Scott Simon's official website
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