Jon Scott

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Jon Scott
Born Jonathan Arthur Scott
(1958-11-07) November 7, 1958
Denver, Colorado
Alma mater Denver Lutheran High School
University of Missouri at Columbia
Occupation News Anchor at Fox News Channel
Children 4
Website
Bio on FoxNews.com

Jonathan Arthur "Jon" Scott (born November 7, 1958) is an American television news anchor who co-hosts Happening Now from 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. ET with Jenna Lee on Fox News Channel as well as Fox News Watch.[1]

Personal life and education

Jon Scott was born in Denver, Colorado and graduated from Denver Lutheran High School. He studied journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is also a licensed pilot, rated to fly single engine airplanes,[2] and sometimes uses his expertise when covering aviation stories, such as the July 6, 2013 crash of Asiana Airlines Flight 214.</ref>

Scott has four children. One son is in the Army after graduating from West Point in 2011. Jon Scott's older brother was an infantryman in the Vietnam War.[3]

Broadcasting career

Scott began his career as a correspondent for KOMU-TV (NBC) in Columbia, Missouri, a station owned and operated by Mizzou. Later, he was the weekday evening news anchor, weekend co-anchor and reporter for WPLG-TV (ABC) in Miami. He also worked as a reporter and bureau chief for KUSA-TV (NBC) in Denver.[4] Beginning in 1988, Jon Scott was a reporter for the syndicated news program Inside Edition.

From 1992–95, he was a correspondent for Dateline NBC. Scott served as the host of A Current Affair, and eventually joined the Fox News Channel in 1996. He is an avid watcher of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. During May 1-May 2, 2011, Scott served as the studio anchor for Fox News' coverage of the death of Osama bin Laden. In a July, 2011 live interview he asked Bill Nye if newly discovered volcanoes on the moon[5][6][7][8] were related to the climate change debate on Earth saying, "It's not like we've been up there burning fossil fuels."Nye replied that "volcanoes are not connected to burning fossil fuels."[9]

Television appearances

Award

  • Recipient of an Emmy for news writing for the NBC program Dateline

References

  1. ↑ Ariens, Chris (2007-11-02). "FNC Changes Up Daytime". Mediabistro.com. Retrieved 2010-09-29. 
  2. ↑ https://amsrvs.registry.faa.gov/airmeninquiry/Detail.aspx?uniqid=A4463243&certNum=1
  3. ↑ "Jon Scotts personal story". Fox News. July 3, 2007. Retrieved 2011-05-02. 
  4. ↑ "On Air Personalities". Fox News. January 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-05-02. 
  5. ↑ "Rare Volcanoes Discovered on 'Dark Side' of the Moon". Fox News. July 26, 2011. 
  6. ↑
  7. ↑ http://www.timeswireservice.com/news/NASA_moon_Orbiter__Volcanoes_discovered_on_moons_surface_1311880530]
  8. ↑ Kluger, Jeffrey (July 28, 2011). "A Volcano on the Moon — Where None Should Be". Time. 
  9. ↑ Happening Now, Fox News Channel, July 27, 2011.

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