Scott MacFarlane

Washington Correspondent Scott MacFarlane learned Washington from the inside out. He joined our Washington Bureau after spending time as a policy advisor and broadcast consultant on Capitol Hill. While working for Congress, Scott collaborated with key staffers, in all branches of the federal government, on legislative and media projects. In 2005, he helped launch and produce a Congressmember-hosted radio program, which was broadcast on a number of stations throughout the country.

Since joining our DC bureau, Scott has broken several stories of national significance. He was first to report the federal indictment of Atlanta Falcons’ Quarterback Michael Vick on dogfighting-related charges.

 Scott also broke the news of a police investigation into U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who was accused of striking a Capitol Police Officer during an altercation near her Washington, DC office. His reporting ultimately led to a major political firestorm for Ms. McKinney, which political analysts say led to the Congresswoman’s defeat in the 2006 Georgia Democratic Primary.

Previously, Scott served as an enterprise and political reporter for TV stations in Cleveland and Detroit. He made headlines in Detroit when he discovered and reported that a Michigan man warned the FBI about an imminent 9/11-style attack -- 12 days before 9/11. He later hosted a syndicated political talk show with the MTRN radio network and, for two years, Scott was heard filing breaking news stories for the CBS Radio Network.

 In 2001, Scott earned the Wade H. McCree award for excellence in reporting on the justice system. Three years earlier, he won first place in the national William Randolph Hearst Broadcast News Competition, for his work reporting on the homeless. He has received multiple honors from the Associated Press and graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications, where he met his wife, Lisa, on the first day of school.