![]() Recently, he was awarded the Studs Terkel Award. Goldwater Award from the Human Rights Fund. He received the Presidential End Hunger Award for his coverage of the Ethiopian civil war and famine, and a special citation from the Peabody Awards for his weekly essays, which were cited as "consistently thoughtful, graceful, and challenging." He has also received the Barry M. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the Sidney Hillman Award. ![]() Weekend Edition Saturday has been called by the Washington Post, "the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial," and by Brett Martin of Time Out New York, "the most eclectic, intelligent two hours of broadcasting on the airwaves." Simon has won every major award in broadcasting, including the Peabody, the Emmy, the Columbia-DuPont, the Ohio State Award, the Robert F. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. ![]() He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters.
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