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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Libyans pour into the streets to celebrate a year since the beginning of the uprising that ousted Gaddafi, but revolutionary militias are a continuing menace.
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Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum criss-cross Michigan to woo GOP voters ahead of the Feb. 28 primary.
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Germany's president, a key ally of Chancellor Angela Merkel, steps down amid a brewing scandal surrounding his past financial dealings.
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The monthlong lull in the Republican debate cycle may have come as a welcome break to some likely voters and political observers. The debates will be back soon enough. But turn away from them at your own risk — it's precisely at this point in the campaign season when they might be most decisive.
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Murdoch's besieged newspaper The Sun hits back after the arrest of five more journalists in connection with a bribery and phone hacking probe.
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The president proposes a budget aimed at cutting $4 trillion over a decade, but it increases spending in some areas to boost the economy.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames Iran and Hezbollah for a blast that ripped through a diplomatic car in India and what officials said was a foiled car bombing in Georgia.
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NPR's top stories include the Greek riots over austerity, the investigation into the Whitney Houston's death and the president's budget announcement.
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Grammys honor Houston, as officials say singer's cause of death will have to wait toxicology reports that could take as much as two months.
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Riots break out after the Greek parliament passes harsh new austerity measures aimed at saving the country from default.