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'''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 (website)|Salon]], [[Nautilus Quarterly|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 (conference)|TED]] Audio Collective. <ref>https://www.humanetech.com/podcast</ref> She was senior producer and lead creative of ''Inside Voice: My Obsession with How We Sound'' by [[Lake Bell]], a [[Pushkin Industries|Pushkin]] audiobook that ''Vanity Fair'' praised as "A sweeping excavation of voice and what it reveals about who we are.”.<ref>https://www.pushkin.fm/audiobooks/inside-voice</ref> 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. <ref>https://winners.webbyawards.com/winners/podcasts/general-series/crime-justice?years=0</ref>

"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"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/oct/04/your-world-bon-voyage-review|title=A week in radio: Your World – Bon Voyage|first=Elisabeth|last=Mahoney|date=4 October 2012|publisher=|via=The Guardian}}</ref> and broadcast internationally, winning the Excellence in Journalism Award from the [[NLGJA]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nlgja.org/blog/2013/07/31/nlgja-announces-2013-excellence-in-journalism-award-winners-and-honorees/|title=NLGJA Announces 2013 Excellence in Journalism Award Winners and Honorees|date=31 July 2013|publisher=}}</ref> and becoming a finalist for the [[Radio Academy Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/10054738/Sony-Radio-Academy-Awards-2013-John-Humphrys-and-Five-Live-winners.html?mobile=basic|title=Sony Radio Academy Awards 2013: John Humphrys and Five Live winners - Telegraph|publisher=}}</ref> Her audio documentary "Under One Roof" aired on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'s "The Current" on April 16, 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-april-16-2020-1.5534126/under-one-roof-how-covid-19-turned-my-apartment-building-of-strangers-into-a-community-1.5534205 | title="Under One Roof", CBC's The Current, April 16, 2020.}}</ref>

==Other works== Scott is the editor of the anthology ''Drivel: Deliciously Bad Writing by Your Favorite Authors'' ([[Perigee Books]], 2014), cited as "classic" by [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] and featuring contributions by [[Dave Eggers]], [[Gillian Flynn]], [[Mary Roach]], [[Rick Moody]] and [[Chuck Palahniuk]], among others.

==In popular media== Scott is the subject of "Julia", an episode in the ''Heavyweight'' podcast series by [[Jonathan Goldstein (author)|Jonathan Goldstein]], named "One of the 10 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016" by [[Elle (magazine)|Elle]] magazine.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elle.com/culture/g29215/best-podcasts-2016/|title=The 10 Best Podcast Episodes of 2016|date=12 December 2016|publisher=}}</ref>

==Personal life== A native of [[Montreal]], Scott maintains dual Canadian and American citizenship. She currently resides in [[Oakland]], California. Her partner is the author [[Jason Roberts (author)|Jason Roberts]].

==Honors== * Notable Selection, [[The Best American Essays]] (2019 edition), 2020 <ref>{{cite tweet|number=1325926816318545921|user=k_seligman|title=Honored to be included in this list, along with fellow @sfgrotto member @juliascribe<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=9 November 2020}}</ref> * Finalist, [[Radio Academy Awards|Radio Academy Award]], 2013 * Excellence in Journalism Award, [[NLGJA]], 2013 * Special Citation, Knight Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism, 2011 * ''The Best American Science Writing'' (for "Pesticides Indicted in Bee Deaths"), 2010 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.harpercollins.com/9780061852510/the-best-american-science-writing-2010#/|title=publisher link}}</ref> * Scripps Howard Fellowship for Environmental Studies, 2008 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fau.edu/scrippsjournalism/priorinstitutes.php|title=Scripps Howard Fellowship for Environmental Studies}}</ref> * Metcalf Institute for Environmental Reporting Fellowship, 2008 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://metcalfinstitute.org/training/profile-scott/|title=Metcalfe Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting profile}}</ref>

==See also== *[[Investigative journalism]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.juliascott.net Official website] * [http://californiawatch.org/user/julia-scott Center for Investigative Reporting: ''California Watch'' profile] * [http://metcalfinstitute.org/training/profile-scott/ Metcalfe Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting profile] * [http://6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/julia-scott-on-going-suds-free-for-28-days/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Magazine&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body&_r=0 New York Times interview with Julia Scott, May 22, 2014]

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