Scott McGrew

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Scott McGrew
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Born (1967-09-26) September 26, 1967 (age 54)
Education Glenbrook North High School
Alma mater Iowa State University
(BA)
OccupationJournalist
Spouse(s)
Kristen Hansen
(m. 19922014)
[1]

Scott McGrew (born September 26, 1967 in Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American reporter on television and radio.

He works at the NBC owned television station KNTV where he hosts Press:Here, a weekly roundtable discussion panel featuring technology reporters in conversation with Silicon Valley CEO's. The program has been described as "Meet the Press for entrepreneurs", [2] is broadcast Sunday mornings in the San Francisco market and airs in Dallas, Chicago, New York City, Washington DC, and Los Angeles on NBC Nonstop. [3]

McGrew also works for the San Francisco-based sports radio station KNBR. [4] and occasionally contributes to the John Batchelor radio show on WABC in New York City. [5]

McGrew was named as one of four "favorite TV anchors" by the San Francisco Chronicle pop-culture critic Peter Hartlaub, who described McGrew as an "excellent communicator, he’s prepared, he works hard and he knows what he’s talking about without being a know-it-all". [4]

McGrew is noted for the first interview with Apple founder Steve Wozniak after the company first revealed CEO Steve Jobs's illness would cause him to step aside [6] [7] and was the first reporter to write of the suicide death of US Marine Harry Lew following severe hazing in Afghanistan. [8] McGrew is also one of the few living reporters to have witnessed an execution by firing squad in the death of John Albert Taylor in Utah [9] and accompanied United States Air Force F-16s as they flew combat air patrol to deny air access to potential targets in San Francisco following the September 11 Attacks. [10]

He is also the inspiration for fictional reporter "Scotty Ryan" in the novel Perfect on Paper by Maria Murnane. [11]

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