Scott Neuman
Scott Neuman is a reporter and editor, working mainly on breaking news for NPR's digital and radio platforms.
He brings to NPR years of experience as a journalist at a variety of news organizations based all over the world. He came to NPR from The Associated Press in Bangkok, Thailand, where he worked as an editor on the news agency's Asia Desk. Prior to that, Neuman worked in Hong Kong with The Wall Street Journal, where among other things he reported extensively from Pakistan in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He also spent time with the AP in New York, and in India as a bureau chief for United Press International.
A native Hoosier, Neuman's roots in public radio (and the Midwest) run deep. He started his career at member station WBNI in Fort Wayne, and worked later in Illinois for WNIU/WNIJ in DeKalb/Rockford and WILL in Champaign-Urbana.
Neuman is a graduate of Purdue University. He lives with his wife, Noi, on the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland.
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He recorded more than 40 solo albums and performed with musicians ranging from Harry Belafonte to Paul Simon. Masekela died after a prolonged battle with prostate cancer. -
Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani was among those who denounced The Death of Klinghoffer by John Adams, calling it anti-Semitic and anti-Israel. -
The instrument, known as "Lipinski" was stolen from the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's concert master last week. -
A neighborhood watch volunteer's fatal shooting of a Florida teenager raises questions about the risks involved when a community takes greater control over its own safety. -
The recent school shooting rampage in Ohio has once again focused national attention on the issue of student violence. But experts say such high-profile incidents overshadow an important trend: Overall, violent crime in U.S. schools has fallen significantly since the early 1990s. -
The priest who denied communion to a lesbian at the funeral of the woman's mother is 'placed on leave' by the archdiocese.
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Aircraft carrier that served in hotspots, including the Cuban Missile Crisis, for more than five decades heads out on its final mission. -
Taliban vow revenge for killing of civilians; oil imports drop, Syrian militiamen blamed in latest slaughter in Homs, and more.
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At least a dozen, and as many as 45, killed in Syrian attack blamed on pro-government militia. -
Foreign Imports have dropped by more than two million barrels a day over the past four years, the administration says.
