Scott Baker (journalist)

Baker obtained his degree in political science from Wheaton College. While attending Wheaton College, he became interested in broadcasting while working on political campaigns. In 1984, Baker worked full-time for the Reagan-Bush campaign. He was the state president of the Illinois College Republicans.[3]

On August 31, 2010, Baker became managing editor of the online news and opinion website The Blaze. One of the site's co-founders, he was later appointed editor-in-chief. He left The Blaze in 2016. Previously, Baker worked for Voice of America (Washington, D.C.), CBS News (New York City), and at television stations in Erie, Pennsylvania, and Saginaw, Michigan, before becoming an evening news anchor for thirteen years at WTAE-TV in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He helped start Breitbart News in 2007.[4]

For fifteen years, Baker taught a two-day seminar on broadcast journalism at the Leadership Institute in Arlington, Virginia.[5][3]

In 2003, Baker married Miss America 1999 Nicole Johnson.[1] The couple met in the mid-90s at a seminar Baker held for college students interested in news careers.[1] Together the couple had a daughter. Johnson and Baker later divorced in 2008. He resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3]

• GBTV
• Glenn Beck

• Appearances on C-SPAN
• The Quiet Co-Founder of the Media Juggernaut No One Writes About