Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. [8][24], In 2006 Simon and his wife were contacted by police as part of the Alexander Litvinenko poisoning investigation. "We just looked at each other and said, 'Why are we doing this? [27], In July 2013 Simon began tweeting his emotions and conversations with his mother during the last days of her life. Conflict Between Israelis and Palestinians Continue In Jerusalem, What You Need To Know About The CDC's New Mask Guidance. ''She has a very quick and a wide-ranging, probing, searching mind,'' he said. Simons tweets to his 1.25 million Twitter followers from his mothers bedside in the summer of 2013 gathered major media attention around the world. She sat in Caroline's lap, then mine. Something in her face, and in her tiny, tender shoulders, seemed to call out. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to. What were we thinking? We told people that the look of surprise in her eyes was because she had just read our dossier and said, "I thought you said that I was going to first-rate people!". I don't mean just that it's amazing, terrific, and a wonderful thing to do. [13], After the September 11 attacks, Simon spoke and wrote in support of the "war on terror", publishing an op-ed in the October 11, 2001, Wall Street Journal titled "Even Pacifists Must Support This War. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. From the Feng township. Part of a collage of images of Scott Simon reporting for NPR News from Cuba, San Salvador and Iraq. Simon has won every major award in broadcasting, including the Peabody, the Emmy, the Columbia-DuPont, the Ohio State Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, and the Sidney Hillman Award. Excerpted from Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other by Scott Simon Copyright 2010 by Scott Simon. Simon has hosted many television specials, including the PBS's "State of Mind," "Voices of Vision," and "Need to Know." In February, a small group of us gathered for dinner in the Brown-Alley room with NPR's Scott Simon. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. January 14, 2023 The discovery of classified documents at President Biden's home and former office puts him in a tricky political situation. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Harry Melling, who plays Poe. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. '', At NPR's offices in Washington, Mr. Simon, 48, is known for his dapper clothes and for broadcasting in suits with pocket handkerchiefs to match his (sometimes red) socks. A month before, this moment couldn't have happened fast enough. A little girl named Excellent-Beautiful. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. Excellent, Beautiful, Jia-Mei Simon. "No comparison whatsoever," he said. Then a black quilted coat. View the profiles of people named Caroline Simon. Caroline Richard Simon His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. Four pairs of pants, white, black, gray, and pink, each with a cunning little slit in the backside (among the greatest Chinese inventions since the compass and printing). Then there's the emotional toll that not everyone is prepared to pay. We've ripped a baby away from the only place she's ever known, to bring her some place on the other side of the world that might as well be the moon. Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. '', See the article in its original context from. Simon has been with NPR for over four decades, beginning in 1977 as Chicago bureau chief. Get the latest news and those driveway moments delivered directly to your inbox every weekday morning by signing up for the WBFO Newsletter: The WBFO Daily. Aren't they impossible? A dossier prepared by Chinese adoption officials told us that she was smart, active, funny, hungry, energetic, and impatient (all of which remain a good description to this day). When people called to ask, "What time is All Things Considered?" Donate it to WBFO instead. The Sundance Film Festival will take place in person next week after streaming online for the past two years. We saw Elise. My wife and I, not having had children in the traditional, Abraham-and-Sarah-begat manner, have learned to make jokes about the way we've had our family. January 14, 2023 NPR's Scott Simon talks to Admir Masic, professor of civil and environmental engineering at MIT, about what made concrete used by Ancient Romans so incredibly durable. [29], This article is about the NPR journalist. Simon has contributed articles to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times of London, The Guardian, and Gourmet among other publications, and won a James Beard Award for his story, Conflict Cuisine in Gourmet. Get a quick look at the most important local stories of the day with KUOW's Today So Far newsletter. I tried to point a video camera, snap pictures, roll audio, and hug them, all at the same time. 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NPR turned 50 this week. We blinked back tears and cleared our throats. He is married to Caroline Richard Simon, and their daughters are Elise and Paulina. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Kim Yutani, the festival's director of programming. Caroline Anne Simon Baltimore, MD (Northern Baltimore) AGE 60s AGE 60s Caroline Anne Simon Baltimore, MD (Northern Baltimore) Aliases Caroline Anne Eerdmans Phone NumberAddressBackground Report Aliases Caroline Anne Eerdmans Addresses Tunbridge Rd Baltimore, MD Indigo Ct Forest Hill, MD Daisy Dr Egg Harbor Township, NJ Relatives How? He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to. The woman in the white smock looked down at a tag -- as if checking the size -- and smiled. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." He also hosts public television specials and does stories for CBS Sunday Morning. That said, Simon says he wants to help potential parents to see the natural beauty in adoption. [12] He guest-hosted BBC World News America, filling in for Matt Frei,[citation needed] and anchored NBC's Weekend Today in 199293. We checked cameras and cell phones. From the Feng township. . ", Caroline Richard Simon holds an 11-month-old Elise Simon on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nancheng. Last Sunday, they were married in a Methodist, Quaker, Jewish service in Ridgefield, Conn., at the home of Alexander Julian, the men's wear designer, a family friend of the bride. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. We opened the network's first bureau in a war zone El Salvador, in 1982. He is the award-winning host of Weekend Edition Saturday. NPR's Scott Simon talks with White, the longtime Illinois secretary of state who is retiring at the age of 88. 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A few weeks before, we had received a few photos in an envelope: a small girl with rosebud lips, quizzical eyebrows, and astonished eyes. Also, what's ahead for Congressman George Santos and the nation's economy. Feng Jia-Mei, Jia-Mei. So why did you go overseas? I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. We ate and talked and tried to amuse, divert, and win over our daughter with songs, food, and funny voices, leaving her sullen and unmoved, all the while asking ourselves, "What have we done? hide caption. Our baby was famished. I mean that it is, as the dictionary says, "a surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of divine agency.". Please stay tuned. (She had been an intern at NPR in the early 1990's, when Mr. Simon was away covering the. hide caption. January 7, 2023 In the film, "The Pale Blue Eye," a detective investigates a series of murders linked to his own past alongside a young Edgar Allan Poe. Caroline Richard Simon holds Elise Simon, 11 months old, on the day her adoption was approved by Chinese officials in Nanchang. Those clothes! I don't mean just that it's amazing, terrific, and a wonderful thing to do. Caroline C Simon, 37. How? ''It is always interesting to pay a visit to it. hide caption. In his new book, Baby, We Were Meant for Each Other, Simon shares the journey -- from struggling to conceive, to deciding to adopt, to traveling halfway around the world -- that ended with him and his wife, Caroline, adopting two little girls from China. Weekend Edition Saturday has been called by the Washington Post, "the most literate, witty, moving, and just plain interesting news show on any dial," and by Brett Martin of Time Out New York, "the most eclectic, intelligent two hours of broadcasting on the airwaves." While I talked to Caroline, I had to hold a cold compress on my head, alternating between my right hand and my left.''. Grinning bureaucrats received us and showed us to a staircase. Facebook gives people the power. He received the Presidential End Hunger Award for his coverage of the Ethiopian civil war and famine, and a special citation from the Peabody Awards for his weekly essays, which were cited as "consistently thoughtful, graceful, and challenging." We had Cheerios, wipes, and diapers in our hands. "), during which we talked about the sundry things strangers do to be companionable. He also became familiar to viewers in Great Britain as host of the continuing BBC series, Eyewitness. He has appeared as a guest and commentator on all major networks, including BBC, NBC, CNN, and ESPN. KUOW is the Puget Sound regions #1 radio station for news. ", Over careful conversation between stops, we began to make some fair assumptions about the meandering paths of hope, frustration, and paperwork that all of us had navigated to get here. We had Cheerios, wipes, and diapers in our hands. Her eyes were dull, defiant, and blistering. And I think our two daughters are going to be very strong, in part, because of that.". House Republicans say they'll use the negotiations to win concessions on government spending. "The Paterson Project" won a national Emmy, as did his two-hour special from the Rio Earth Summit meeting. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. He will receive the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016. I began reporting for NPR from Chicago in the late 1970s, about crimes, corruption, blizzards, mob hits and political ferment. His hobbies are books, theater, ballet, British comedy, Mexican cooking, and "bleeding for the Chicago Cubs." [Copyright 2021 NPR]. Scott received the Order of Lincoln from the State of Illinois in 2016, the state's highest honor. Simon is a native of Chicago and the son of comedian Ernie Simon and Patricia Lyons Simon. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. She put her into my wife's arms. ''At that moment, I knew I was going to spend the rest of my life with him,'' Ms. Richard said. And while Simon and Caroline are determined to expose their daughters to Chinese culture through history and travel, he says their ethnicity is still only a feature of their personality, not a defining trait. We saw Elise. But we cannot imagine anything more remarkable and marvelous than having a stranger put into your arms who becomes, in minutes, your flesh, your blood: your life. WEDDINGS: VOWS; Scott Simon and Caroline Richard, https://www.nytimes.com/2000/09/10/style/weddings-vows-scott-simon-and-caroline-richard.html. Every second, Whitepages helps 19 people do reverse phone lookups , find people, and get background reports, including public records, in order to make smarter, safer decisions. A dossier prepared by Chinese adoption officials told us that she was smart, active, funny, hungry, energetic, and impatient (all of which remain a good description to this day). His novel, Pretty Birds, the story of two teenage girls in Sarajevo during the siege, received rave reviews, Scott Turow calling it, the most auspicious fiction debut by a journalist of note since Tom Wolfes. As we say in this business, there is more to come. The only world they've known is behind them -- and the idea of another change just when they were getting comfortable in a world they knew, in an orphanage -- the idea of change is obviously obnoxious. She was five months older than in the picture we had, but still recognizably the little girl in the thumbnail portrait. 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