| Scott McGrew | |
| Birth Date: | 26 September 1967 |
| Education: | Glenbrook North High School |
| Alma Mater: | Iowa State University (BA) |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Spouse: | [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. and occasionally contributes to the John Batchelor radio show on WABC in New York City.[4]
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".[5]
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]