NPR's Scott Simon: How to Tell a Story

[@jotohomomoto]

Scott Simon is one of my favorite radio hosts of all time. He's just has the best questions and funny retorts.

[@JonathanNicolosi112]

His points are so fundamental to what we want our students to learn about good writing. I'm glad I found this and presented it to my newspaper and yearbook club.

[@stacycavanna5134]

Jonathan Nicolosi

[@shirinselph906]

I love Scott Simon. His voice, his programs, and the story of his life! Although I live in China and there is a big time diference, I try to listen to his programs.

[@notreknipa]

I have always loved NPR for its commitment to making the world accessible to everyone. "If no one is listening, why are you talking..." Exactly. No one benefits from over-intellectual blabberings that don't communicate to your intended audience. It shows you truly respect people with varied backgrounds, and that's so admirable. Thank you thank you thank you! Keep up the good work.

[@GoBiggie1880]

Conciseness! Underrated. Especially in Stories. :) Thanks for sharing Scott Simon!

[@CarlScripter]

My new job starts at 7:30am every Saturday... I drive to this man's voice. I find ways to get my first break before his show ends just to run to my car and listen more.

[@michaelmaddux5447]

Thank you. I look forward to and love Saturday’s because it starts with stories from you.

[@warbyvlog3713]

Doesn't he sounds like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers though?

[@TVProfessor]

I'm a professor of Mass Communications. What a great resource. I'll have my students watch this. It is great advice for any medium.

[@jasoncarpp7742]

I love listening to Scott Simon.

[@hotrodsurplus]

Scott is the lede master. I try to channel him whenever I'm stuck on a thorny one and those ledes usually turn out to be my best. He's the man.

[@datpspguy]

This information provided is so simple but yet, needs to be practiced and mastered. Thank you!

[@stoplightslaw]

He looks a lot younger than i imagined. He has an old mans voice. Deep almost mumbling voice.

[@501764727]

Yess! Crazy I always thought he was A lot Older, like in his late 70s and now that I see him I’m super surprised he’s a lot younger than how he sounds.

[@goldendawn7]

All valid points. Scott Simon is a great journalist, and a great author. Oh, yeah, and he can tell a story.

[@jingye88]

Beautifully put

[@KenichiXiz]

Thank you for such invaluable tips on telling a story. Can't wait to try these out!

[@rodhoover]

scott you are an exceptional journalist.

[@titotitus5718]

THANK YOU for this. Thank you.

[@jbrittsun]

This is great information, concise and to the point!

[@sofinamedia]

What great advice and great insight into how radio works.

[@marystamoore4807]

Love you Scott Simon!!

[@publicationskalapoint4538]

Never understood how important "story" can be. I always wanted to get to the "facts and figures" because I thought that's what my audience wanted to hear. Finally figured it out after listening to that NPR guy on Saturday mornings.

[@Baulx138]

Thanks, Mr. Clooney!

[@tadeuszszerynski6347]

Brilliant. Thanks

[@UTFort]

There's something about his voice that makes you want to listen. And heck, he's funny!

[@noidea63]

Thanks, this is great.

[@dibassett]

Love this, Scott, thanks. I'm including it in my list of media training resources DB PR Manager

[@HunterMann]

Great words from Scott Simon! The camera work was a bit goofy, but... that's another instructional video needed on KZbin...

[@brandonlasvegas]

thank you for the post!

[@501764727]

He would make a Great Baseball broadcaster! He totally has that old school baseball broadcaster voice.

[@rfichokeofdestiny]

I've been trying desperately to figure out what kind of accent he has. It's not quite like anybody else's I've ever heard.

[@WHATISUTUBE]

Hah, I see KZbin is seeing how their site is afecting the Iranians reports and videos on the protest. The whole "social media" thing. You know what, I like it. More than that, I love it, very interesting information there. Thanks!

[@dalehilltopfarm]

Excellent!

[@llew777]

Scott nice to put a face to a voice. I listen to you Always. Rob From Canada

[@lskarin]

You are correct. Fossil fuels come from sunlight many years ago. We have to start getting significant energy from current sunlight. There's a small tidal power station in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, and the Danes get about 20% of their electricity from wind.

[@TheWeeResearcher]

Good points, Thanks. You've got an amazing voice.

[@ihath]

Thank you for this valuable advice. I will do my best to apply it to my videos.

[@IAMMOVIN4WARD]

Thank you for the post.

[@candidogalicia5128]

There is always a point - that people point to...

[@woody5551]

Thanks Scott. NPR is becoming Fox news light.

[@eldiagrama]

well spoken. Thanks

[@norfolkyngvie]

I lost respect for Scott Simon when I heard him choke up while reporting on the dead in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, and realized I had never heard him choking up when reporting the deaths in Africa, Boznia, etc. That impression has never left me. I listen to NPR ALL the time, but cant forget that moment.

[@robcat2075]

Great advice, Scott, but I hear the "don't use dependent clauses to introduce a name" rule broken frequently on NPR. Especially when introducing a soundbite by someone rebutting something just heard.

[@iamhall]

Thank you for this and stuff!

[@freakman420]

@UTFort the reason something in his voice compels you to listen is because he's acting like he's reading to children. No severity in his voice, but a soothing book reader for kindergarteners.

[@chasingmanhattan]

Fundamentals that stay as true today as they were 13 years ago.

[@TheMikester307]

So strange for me to actually see him talking. I'm used to having my head half covered in a blanket and burrowed in a pillow on Saturday Mornings when my favorite radio show is on!

[@krsball]

My brain refuses to believe this is Scott Simon. Refuses. Even while I watch his mouth move.

[@lauralovejb]

1.-copy and paste 2.-paste it in 2 different videos 3.. hold breath for 10 secs 4.- look at your hand

[@TSquared2001]

Yes.

[@texasmusician]

@annacapa - maybe Scott Simon and NPR should come to mind whenever you see a Downey Jr. movie, instead?

[@ryan33blevins]

hmm, i almost feel motivated to be social now. thanks dude

[@matzavy2905]

-A point they can repeat to others -an attention grabbing beginning -has to be told in short, break it down and tell it in breaths -avoid fancy clause -explain who someone is after you introduce them. -have fun discovering the story

[@72ve17]

life itself is a story whether it is written or not

[@janielewton]

Great man,.....great advice!

[@michaellewis3254]

He has a good face for radio

[@chrisg4433]

Lol oooppps, I started listening to the video at the end.

[@ablestmage]

Gotta LOVE Scott Simon's voice ^_^

[@PatrickRob82]

And now, it's time for SPORTS!

[@dazzlek101]

Whoa! Thanks Scott:)

[@annemiura7767]

He may have something interesting to say but there is an underlying sense of sanctimonious. Same with his stories, even though he would probably deny it, there’s always a moral.

[@rfichokeofdestiny]

That's just NPR in general. 😂

[@НастяНастина-х9и]

You right! Like

[@norfolkyngvie]

you know, you have a point there, although i was thinking more about the victims of US military lunacy than other tragedies that, it is true, should have me weeping all over my keyboard.

[@freeminded8509]

grate info sir! I do creepy stories on my channel this help.

[@npadul30]

How to tell a story: +Be dull + Be boring + Be a monotone + work for NPR. Actually I like NPR.

[@Hiroki_18]

POV: you're here cuz of module.

[@wallyang]

Mostly individual donors. If you (igglesgirl419) ever listened to Npr around each of their Pledging periods, you would hear the phones practically overloading with callers all over the country helping to pay for the station.

[@annacapa]

Scott looks like Robert Downey Jr. I only knew the voice before seeing this. From now on, I'm afraid RDJ will come to mind whenever I hear Scott on NPR...

[@2lostbikes]

Hey, relax man. I wasn't referring to your comment. I had a few others in mind when I wrote that.

[@Jader7777]

I got a minute into this video and then clicked something else.

[@lskarin]

Coal is worse than nuclear power in spewing radioactivity, besides heavy elements like mercury. The amount of waste from nuclear power is relatively small. I love the way the US obsesses about rdioactive power waste and ignore that made by weapons production.

[@darkmoj]

Hey, it's just advice on how to make a news story interesting. He isn't "telling" anybody how to do anything, he's just giving advice which you can take or leave.

[@lskarin]

I think that's true. I am one among many greens favoring nuclear power. The French have done it right in standardizing designs. In the stupid US, there are no two nuclear plants the same.

[@lskarin]

And don't think I'm defending all climate models. As a group it's clear they are works in progress. That's the nature of science. You see whether the model predicts correctly and if not modify accordingly. One test I would make is how did the model do in predicting temperature after the Krakatoa eruption.

[@fjccommish]

What's with the fake microphones? Are we supposed to believe the mic is live, even though he's banging it, shaking it, scraping it without any of that being picked up by the mic?

[@HunterMann]

Juan Williams is moving from NPR to Fox News. FOX?! What the heck?

[@ghostmanlostsoul]

Where is the meat of your story? What is the point of your story? And remeber to keep it simple. And if you don't have passion about the story, drop it and find a story that you are passionate about.

[@lskarin]

Get your facts straight. Gore was awarded the Peace Prize. I'm sure Begin and Sadat had prime scientific credentials when they won it in 1978.

[@schmetterlink]

Really? You'd take Jackie Lyden or Susan Stamberg over him? That's a little extreme.

[@mrmrhollingsworth]

Kevin Keegans Brother

[@oldchannelthyosulp7]

Rly nice :3

[@aaron1719]

Much better if you have an a/c unit below your balls and your boxers on. They have to be loose though, so the air can travel in. The reason why I think its better is the boxers create a wind tunnel.

[@Suryabir]

hee..it must be tough switching between 2 cameras while remembering what to say :P

[@warbyvlog3713]

Anyone else think he sounds like Dr. Evil from Austin Powers?

[@fjccommish]

@got2bcash That would work better if he didn't bang the mic.

[@cineseentv]

Poor sound quality...

[@mordsgaudimachen]

the title should be "How to Tell Stories... Because we dont Give you Facts"

[@wallyang]

Probably because I was replying to a comment made a year ago, who claimed that "NPR IS BRAINWASH" and talked of bias and party lines.

[@ahmxtb]

Omg old twitter and youtube!!

[@danutmerisor]

Are cineva versiunea în limba română?

[@wallyang]

Realistically, no news station in the United States is unbiased. Npr, however, is probably the least biased of all of them. Yes I am a democrat so their left view of politics and the world may strike my pallet more, but compared to the majority of news outlets in the country they are probably the one station that tries and succeeds at giving people just the news, and not all of the political bile that other outlets will give you.

[@aaron1719]

huh my comments arent showing up

[@tedsbackyard]

Baby Public Radio

[@ecko8747]

I was going to comment on some of the things being said, but then I realized people here are far too uncivilized and their monitors too drenched with spittle for me to really feel like I should say anything worthwhile. People on the internet kinda need to grow up...

[@llew777]

Magna Cum Laude Mr. Simon, I never miss a show. Rob from canada

[@NovembersRevenge]

cool story bruh .

[@HunterMann]

I didn't know that. I don't watch or listen to Fox news much at all. Some say I should, to get the other point of view, but I KNOW their point of view... yuck!

[@SteveMartinUSA]

Who’d of known that Scott looks like this?

[@KeithCasper]

Yeah, speak conversationally... that's pretty unusual advice considering the last eight year "empire". We've got a new decider person--uh oh.

[@csrocker101]

Danger! Will Robinson Danger! Wal-Mart worker who lives with his parents spotted spamming youtube boards with bullshit.

[@MROMANOVator]

yew spelled yew wrong

[@Jayinjapanese]

Why does he look like Andy king?

[@lskarin]

The PEACE prize. No peer-reviewed science is needed to win that. And what are your credentials as a climatologist to say data interpretation is wrong. Climate modelors indeed take the varying sun intensity into account.