Jun 22, 2021 - Economy

Scoop: Longtime C-SPAN political editor Steve Scully leaving network

Sara Fischer

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Longtime C-SPAN political editor and on-air host Steve Scully is leaving the network on July 2, Axios has learned. He will join the Bipartisan Policy Center as SVP of communications.

Why it matters: Scully has been with C-SPAN for over three decades. He has covered eight presidential elections for the network.

Details: Scully has led C-SPAN's political program across multiple mediums for years. In addition to being editor, he is also a host and producer for C-SPAN's morning show Washington Journal, and appears on C-SPAN's weekly podcast.

Since joining C-SPAN in June 1990, he frequently appeared on many of the network's other programs as well.
Scully has interviewed every president since Gerald Ford, including Ronald Reagan, who he interviewed as a reporter for WSEE-TV in his hometown in Erie, Pa.
He was president of the White House Correspondents Association from 2006 to 2007. In 2019, he was named to the Pennsylvania Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

Flashback: Last year, C-SPAN placed Scully on administrative leave after he lied about his Twitter account being hacked. Scully was set to moderate the second presidential debate before it was canceled.

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