Julia Scott

For the 19th-century folklorist who published under the pseudonym "Julia Scott", see Mary Alicia Owen. For the Scottish footballer, see Julia Ralph Scott.
Julia Scott
BornMontreal, Quebec
OccupationWriter/journalist
NationalityCanadian-American
Period2000 - present
Genreprint, radio
PartnerJason Roberts
Website
juliascott.net

Julia Scott is a noted Canadian-American writer and journalist, known primarily for her work in print and audio. She is a contributor to both The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine, as well as National Public Radio, American Public Media, Salon, Nautilus, and Maclean's.

Scott is the senior producer of Your Undivided Attention, the podcast of the Center for Humane Technology and part of the TED Audio Collective. [1] She was senior producer and lead creative of Inside Voice: My Obsession with How We Sound by Lake Bell, a Pushkin audiobook that Vanity Fair praised as "A sweeping excavation of voice and what it reveals about who we are.”.[2] Additionally, Scott was senior producer of Murderville, Texas, a 2023 investigative podcast from The Intercept, which won a National Headliner Award in the criminal justice category, and was named an honoree in the 2023 Webby Awards. [3]

"Bon Voyage", Scott's 2012 radio documentary for the BBC World Service, was praised by The Guardian as "a vivid, beautifully told story of a couple facing terminal illness"[4] and broadcast internationally, winning the Excellence in Journalism Award from the NLGJA[5] and becoming a finalist for the Radio Academy Award.[6] Her audio documentary "Under One Roof" aired on CBC's "The Current" on April 16, 2020.[7]

  1. ^ https://www.humanetech.com/podcast
  2. ^ https://www.pushkin.fm/audiobooks/inside-voice
  3. ^ https://winners.webbyawards.com/winners/podcasts/general-series/crime-justice?years=0
  4. ^ Mahoney, Elisabeth (4 October 2012). "A week in radio: Your World – Bon Voyage" – via The Guardian.
  5. ^ "NLGJA Announces 2013 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners and Honorees". 31 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Sony Radio Academy Awards 2013: John Humphrys and Five Live winners - Telegraph".
  7. ^ ""Under One Roof", CBC's The Current, April 16, 2020".