Scott Simon won the 2022 W.M. Kiplinger Distinguished Contributions to Journalism Award for his lifetime achievements in journalism.

Scott Simon is an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning writer and broadcaster. He is the host of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Saturday”, which The Washington Post has called “the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial.” He is also a Special Contributor to CBS Sunday Morning. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador and Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His nonfiction books include Unforgettable: A Son, a Mother, and the Lessons of a Lifetime; Home and Away: Memoirs of a Fan; Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball; and Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, about the joys of adoption. He is also the author of several novels, including Pretty Birds, Windy City, Sunnyside Plaza, the upcoming Wins, Losses, Saves, and the upcoming audiobook Charlie and His Orchestra. He has danced as Mother Ginger with Ballet Austin, thrown out the first pitch at Wrigley Field, and is a member of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois.