Cathy Scott

Current

Senior Staff Writer at Best Friends Animal Society

Past

Author at Huntington Press
Author at John Wiley and Sons
Correspondent at The New York Times

Correspondent and columnist at Las Vegas CityLife
Nevada chairperson at Society of Professional Journalists' Sunshine Committee
Adjunct Journalism Professor at UNLV
Volunteer at Society of Professional Journalists
Reporter at Las Vegas Sun
Stringer at The San Diego Union-Tribune
Correspondent at The Associated Press
Reporter at The Vista Press
Freelance journalist at Various publications
Business Editor at The La Jolla Light
Reporter at Beach and Bay Press, a division of San Diego Community Newspaper Group

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Education

University of Redlands
Grossmont Community College
Helix High School

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Cathy Scott’s Summary

Cathy Scott is a journalist and author of five true crime books and one biography, including the best-selling The Killing of Tupac Shakur and, most recently, the critically acclaimed and Amazon.com bestseller Pawprints of Katrina.

For more than a decade, she was a correspondent for The New York Times and Reuters news service. Her work also has appeared in George magazine, Christian Science Monitor, Los Angeles Times, New York Post, The New York Times Magazine, San Diego Union-Tribune, and Las Vegas Sun. She has appeared on the Oxygen network’s “Snapped” investigations, Unsolved Mysteries, CourtTV, CNN, MTV News and Uncovered TV. Her work has taken her to Somalia, Saudi Arabia, Panama, and most recently the Gulf Coast for Best Friends Animal Society’s Web sites and magazine to cover the largest animal rescue in U.S. history, leaving her five-year job as adjunct journalism instructor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas to stay in the region for four months.

She is a member of the Authors Guild and the Society of Professional Journalist’s National Speakers Bureau. Scott, who has received numerous awards from news organizations in California and Nevada, also served for 10 years as the Nevada chairwoman of the Society of Professional Journalist’s Sunshine Committee which keeps open government to the public.

Say hello: cathyscott10@gmail.com

Cathy Scott’s Specialties:

Writing, editing, writers' coach, speaking

Cathy Scott’s Experience

Senior Staff Writer

Best Friends Animal Society

(Non-Profit; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

July 2000 — Present (9 years 5 months)

Write articles for Best Friends magazine and Web site. Also wrote the book, PAWPRINTS OF KATRINA: Pets Saved and Lessons Learned, after spending nearly four months on the Gulf Coast following the hurricane.
Author

Huntington Press

(Writing and Editing industry)

2000 — 2009 (9 years )
Author

John Wiley and Sons

(Public Company; Publishing industry)

June 2007 — 2008 (1 year )

Author of Pawprints of Katrina about Best Friends Animal Society's rescue efforts on the Gulf Coast of animals left behind by Hurricane Katrina.

Previous books, with other publishing houses, are true crime and biographies, including the Killing of Tupac Shakur, The Murder of Biggie Smalls, Death in the Desert, and Murder of a Mafia Daughter.
Correspondent

The New York Times

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; NYT; Newspapers industry)

1997 — April 2008 (11 years )

Freelanced articles, mostly breaking news, for the national desk.
Correspondent and columnist

Las Vegas CityLife

(Writing and Editing industry)

1999 — 2007 (8 years )

Wrote a "Crime & Punishment" column for two years, covering a sundry of both the absurd and usual fare of crimes, lawsuits, and trials and tribulations in the Las Vegas Valley. Before that, I freelanced feature and news stories for this alternative weekly.
Nevada chairperson

Society of Professional Journalists' Sunshine Committee

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

1997 — 2007 (10 years )
Adjunct Journalism Professor

UNLV

(Higher Education industry)

January 2000 — September 2005 (5 years 9 months)

Taught Newswriting and Reporting (requisite for journalism degree) and Advanced Magazine Writing. Loved every minute of it. I'm still in touch with some of my students, many of whom have gone onto careers at newspapers and magazines and also several who went on to law school.
Volunteer

Society of Professional Journalists

(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

1995 — 2005 (10 years )
Reporter

Las Vegas Sun

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)

1993 — 1998 (5 years )

Police beat reporter; also authored the book, The Killing of Tupac Shakur, while employeed at the Sun
Stringer

The San Diego Union-Tribune

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Newspapers industry)

1991 — 1993 (2 years )

Was regularly assigned news and feature stories for the Metro section.
Correspondent

The Associated Press

(Privately Held; Newspapers industry)

1990 — 1993 (3 years )

Worked out of the AP's San Diego bureau.
Reporter

The Vista Press

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

1990 — 1992 (2 years )

Crime beat reporter
Freelance journalist

Various publications

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

1987 — 1991 (4 years )

I freelanced for the Los Angeles Times, San Diego Reader, San Diego Business Journal, the Sentinel, and San Diego Metropolitan Magazine.
Business Editor

The La Jolla Light

(Writing and Editing industry)

1989 — 1990 (1 year )

I edited and laid out the business section. At the time, the paper was a broadsheet.
Reporter

Beach and Bay Press, a division of San Diego Community Newspaper Group

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Newspapers industry)

1987 — 1989 (2 years )

Cut my teeth at this small community paper as a cub reporter.

Cathy Scott’s Education

University of Redlands

Bachelor of Science , Business major, Art minor , 1988 — 1990
Grossmont Community College

2 yrs , Art Major , 1968 — 1970
Helix High School

Activities and Societies:

Member of first girl's swim team, International Club, Y-teens, Year Book Committee senior year, and took every art class available in high school and still managed to stay in college prep.