Scott Simon
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Simon in 2010
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March 16, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Presenter |
| Organization | National Public Radio |
| Known for | Weekend Edition Saturday |
| Spouse(s) | Caroline Richard (m. 2000; 2 children) |
| Website | ScottSimonBooks |
Scott Simon (born March 16, 1952) is an American journalist and the host of Weekend Edition Saturday on NPR.
Simon was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of comedian Ernie Simon and actress Patricia Lyons. He also had a sister who grew up. He grew up in major cities across the United States and Canada, including Chicago, New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Montreal, Cleveland, and Washington, D.C.
Simon's father was Jewish and his mother was Irish Catholic. His father died when Scott was 16, and his mother later married former minor league baseball player Ralph G. Newman, an American Civil War scholar and author who ran the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop in Chicago.
Simon has been with NPR for over three decades, beginning in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief, and his career encompasses other types of media as well.
His books include Home and Away: Memoir of a Fan (2000); Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball (2002); Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other: In Praise of Adoption (2010), about his experiences adopting two daughters; and the novels Pretty Birds (2005) and Windy City: A Novel of Politics (2008).
He has also hosted many television series and specials, including PBS's Need to Know in 2011–13. He guest-hosted BBC World News America, filling in for Matt Frei, and anchored NBC's Weekend Today in 1992–93.
After September 11, 2001, Simon spoke and wrote in support of the "war on terror", publishing an op-ed in the October 11, 2001, Wall Street Journal titled "Even Pacifists Must Support This War." He questioned nonviolence at greater length in the Quaker publication Friends Journal in December 2001, provoking many angry letters, to which he replied in the May 2003 issue.
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