David Scott

David Scott is a veteran television journalist and Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel‘s first Producer/Correspondent. His work as a network news producer has won some of the industry’s highest honors, including five News and Documentary Emmy awards, two Columbia-Dupont awards, and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Prize.

As a Real Sports producer, David broke the story of the police shooting of minor leaguer Robbie Tolan on his parent’s front porch after being mistaken for a car thief. The Tolan shooting and David’s Real Sports segments about the American race gap in swimming and the 2009 collapse of the Dallas Cowboys’ practice facility earned Sports Emmy nominations.

In July 2014, David’s first segment as a Real Sports correspondent addressed the controversial 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which exposed the harsh working conditions endured by laborers and the alleged corruption that occurred to secure the bid.

During his time as an on-air correspondent on Real Sports, Scott has earned many of journalism’s highest honors. In 2016, Scott’s segment on the 2022 World Cup in Qatar earned a duPont-Columbia University Award for broadcast journalism.