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Categories:There’s an old reporter’s joke: it would be so much easier if we could make it up.” But, after a rich reporting career, Scott Simon decided to write novels—and found that making things up is actually harder. This speech is about the balance between experience and imagination, and using what you (think you) know to create something new.
Scott Simon provides an anecdotal explanation of how going from events that are profound and dangerous, to those that are frivolous, actually refreshes your perspective. In addition, he discusses how such experiences remind you of what’s really important for survival.
What constitutes news in this new media landscape? Simon posses this question to listeners and shares the concept of ideas that rush in as quickly and indiscriminately as a busted water main, and the fact that nobody has to meet an idea that they don’t like. This speech is a plea to remember that real journalism challenges an audience, not just rewards their biases.
Derived from Scott Simon’s article "Conflict Cuisine," audiences will learn about true hospitality and graciousness from people in hellish places. Pizza in Kosovo, pasta in a refugee camp, and faux cheese during the siege of Sarajevo. As the winner of the Beard Award for Food Writing, Simon shares that sometimes, eating well is the best revenge.
Scott Simon is a Peabody Award-winning correspondent and host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.
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There’s an old reporter’s joke: it would be so much easier if we could make it up.” But, after a rich reporting career, Scott Simon decided to write novels—and found that making things up is actually harder. This speech is about the balance between experience and imagination, and using what you (think you) know to create something new.
Scott Simon provides an anecdotal explanation of how going from events that are profound and dangerous, to those that are frivolous, actually refreshes your perspective. In addition, he discusses how such experiences remind you of what’s really important for survival.
What constitutes news in this new media landscape? Simon posses this question to listeners and shares the concept of ideas that rush in as quickly and indiscriminately as a busted water main, and the fact that nobody has to meet an idea that they don’t like. This speech is a plea to remember that real journalism challenges an audience, not just rewards their biases.
Derived from Scott Simon’s article "Conflict Cuisine," audiences will learn about true hospitality and graciousness from people in hellish places. Pizza in Kosovo, pasta in a refugee camp, and faux cheese during the siege of Sarajevo. As the winner of the Beard Award for Food Writing, Simon shares that sometimes, eating well is the best revenge.
Scott Simon is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Leaping from Journalism into Fiction: Making it Up is Hard, Covering War and Peace, Sports and Celebs, What’s the News when Every Person is His or Her Own Jimmy Olsen and Perry White?, War is Hell. And Sometimes the Food is Delicious and The War on Terrorism from the Frontlines. The estimated speaking fee range to book Scott Simon for your event is $20,000 - $30,000. Scott Simon generally travels from Washington, DC, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Diane Sawyer, Peter Lance, Calvin Trillin, Ben Stein and Alexandra Cousteau. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Scott Simon for an upcoming live or virtual event.
There’s an old reporter’s joke: it would be so much easier if we could make it up.” But, after a rich reporting career, Scott Simon decided to write novels—and found that making things up is actually harder. This speech is about the balance between experience and imagination, and using what you (think you) know to create something new.
Scott Simon provides an anecdotal explanation of how going from events that are profound and dangerous, to those that are frivolous, actually refreshes your perspective. In addition, he discusses how such experiences remind you of what’s really important for survival.
What constitutes news in this new media landscape? Simon posses this question to listeners and shares the concept of ideas that rush in as quickly and indiscriminately as a busted water main, and the fact that nobody has to meet an idea that they don’t like. This speech is a plea to remember that real journalism challenges an audience, not just rewards their biases.
Derived from Scott Simon’s article "Conflict Cuisine," audiences will learn about true hospitality and graciousness from people in hellish places. Pizza in Kosovo, pasta in a refugee camp, and faux cheese during the siege of Sarajevo. As the winner of the Beard Award for Food Writing, Simon shares that sometimes, eating well is the best revenge.
Scott Simon is a Peabody Award-winning correspondent and host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday.
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