Election 2016

David Scott joined The Associated Press in 1999. As a reporter and editor, he covered the downfall of Trans World Airlines, the rise of Monsanto and the Duke lacrosse rape scandal. He set up and directed the AP's Blacksburg, Va., newsroom following the Virginia Tech shootings, and served as an on-site editor during several hurricanes, including Katrina, Ike and Gustav. In 2009, he was named the AP's first Region Editor for the Central U.S. In that role, he led the cooperative's journalism in the 14 states of middle America. During his five-year tenure, the region won three APME Deadline Reporting Awards and an honorable mention in a forth. AP's coverage of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting under his direction also won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award for Breaking News. Scott, 38, joined the AP's Washington bureau as U.S. political editor in 2014, directing coverage of the 2016 presidential election.