Scott mcfarland biography

Scott MacFarlane has served as a correspondent for CBS News since , reporting for all broadcasts and platforms.

In more than 20 years of reporting in Washington, MacFarlane has earned 20 Emmy and Edward R. Murrow awards. His reporting has led directly to the passage of five new state laws in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, D.C. to bolster protections for children in public schools, helping MacFarlane secure the Anna Quindlen Award for excellence in journalism from the Child Welfare League of America.

At CBS News, MacFarlane has covered the U.S. Congress and Justice Department. He has served as the designated House chamber correspondent for Presidential State of the Union addresses and in-studio correspondent for election night coverage. He has covered Supreme Court confirmation hearings and was in the courtrooms for all of the legal cases involving President Donald Trump in New York, Florida and Washington, D.C.

MacFarlane was the CBS News correspondent on-s

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Commissioner Scott MacFarlane

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Commissioner MacFarlane was born in Havre, Montana to a single mother. Lilyann named him David Jason ‘Scotty’ MacFarlane, as his family was a prominent Scottish family in the community and everyone referred to his grandfather William as Scotty.  He attended Davey School, a one-room, rural K-8 elementary where his mother was the only teacher until he was in third grade. Following the passing of his mother he was adopted by her twin brother and raised in Colstrip until graduating from high school.

Scott and his wife Jen became friends in Colstrip in middle school and both went to college on athletic scholarships, Jen as a Griz, Scott as a katt. They married at 23 and immediately had identical twins Lilyann and Penelope. Two years later came their son Kiedis.

Scott and Jen have lived in Colstrip, Bozeman, Missoula, West Yellowstone, Butte, Helena, and Kalispell.

Scott has been a ‘liftie’ at Bridger Bowl, a ‘grounder’ at

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Scott Macfarlane (journalist)

American journalist

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Scott MacFarlane is an American journalist who works for CBS News as an investigative reporter and Congressional correspondent. He previously worked at Cox-TV and later as investigative reporter at WRC-TV, a local NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C.

Education

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MacFarlane grew up in Highland, New York, near Poughkeepsie^[1] and attended Highland High School.^[2][3]

MacFarlane graduated summa cum laude from Syracuse University’s S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in He majored in broadcast journalism and political philosophy.^[4][5] During his undergraduate years, he worked at WJPZ and WAER FM stations on campus.^[6] MacFarlane was later named to both of their radio Halls of Fame.^[7]

Career

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Since , MacFarlane has covered Congress, politics and federal criminal cases fo