Scott Cohn

A full-service news and public affairs content provider, video/audio production and consulting company. National clients include: • NBCUniversal News Group • Versant Media • American Public Media • Public News Service Learn more at www.scottcohn.tv

Report breaking news and in-depth features on a freelance basis for CNBC and CNBC.com. Leader of CNBC's original cross-platform initiative "America's Top States for Business," which I created in 2007. Top States is consistently among the network's most popular and most influential annual franchises. Amazon revealed it looked at our results in 2018 to help decide where to locate its $5 billion HQ2 project. Speaker and moderator for CNBC Events. Special Correspondent for CNBC's true financial crime series, "American Greed" (2014-2021).

Senior Correspondent for CNBC and CNBC.com. My work has also appeared on NBC Nightly News, NBC's Today Show, Rock Center, and NBC News Now, as well as on Yahoo! Finance and in USA Today. Winner of multiple awards as well as three national Emmy nominations for investigative reporting. Major stories covered include: • The Bernard Madoff scandal including the investigation, plea and sentencing, and interviews with Madoff himself in prison (Loeb Award). • 2012 Presidential campaign: Led CNBC's Fact Checking team. • The 2008 Financial Crisis, with an emphasis on the reforms and prosecutions that did (and did not) follow. • Hurricane Katrina. Covered the storm and remained in New Orleans for several weeks after, with multiple return trips to document the recovery (Emmy nomination). • The epic collapse of Enron, including the trials of its top executives. Other major initiatives: • "America's Top States for Business" -- Created this annual multi-platform event and the underlying study that has become one of the most authoritative measures of state competitiveness. • "Remington Under Fire" -- Correspondent for one of CNBC's most acclaimed documentaries, examining an alleged 60-year cover-up of a deadly design flaw in the world's most popular bolt-action rifle (Loeb Award, IRE Certificate). • "Billions Behind Bars: Inside America's Prison Industry" -- Correspondent for a documentary on the prison-industrial complex in a nation that incarcerates more people than China and Russia combined (RTDNA Murrow Award).

Correspondent covering business and general news nationwide, with stories ranging from Chicago financial market coverage to long-form magazine pieces, and everything in between.

Chicago-based correspondent and manager of CNBC Midwest Bureau. In addition to responsibility for news coverage throughout the region, I established the bureau, including securing space and dealing with vendors.

As part of the original team of New York/New Jersey based correspondents, I helped launch CNBC. Covered consumer, business and financial news on Wall Street and throughout the region.

"...around the Bay, around the world, around the clock..."

Moderate in-depth conversations with CFOs and General Counsels at exclusive gatherings in select locations nationwide.

Cover breaking news nationwide for all platforms of NBC News, including TODAY, NBC Nightly News, and NBC News Now. Major stories covered include: • The COVID-19 pandemic. • Camp Fire, Paradise, California (2018). • Malheur National Wildlife Refuge standoff (2016). • 2016 and 2020 Presidential campaigns. • Criminal trial of Aurora, Colorado, theater gunman (2015).

Freelance producer and writer of hour-long episodes of the popular true financial crime series "American Greed." Responsible for all aspects of production including research, interviews, field shoots, scripting, fact checking and post-production, and staying under budget. Supervise production team. Work with NBC and Kurtis legal teams to ensure the program meets their standards. Most recent program was an episode exploring the cult-like self-help group NXIVM and its diabolical founder, Keith Raniere.

Report feature stories for the American Public Media program, which is heard by more than 14 million people weekly.

Anchor for ABC affiliate in the nation's 38th largest market. Reporter covering the city hall and business beats as well as general assignments and breaking news. Producer for top-rated weekend newscasts.