Robert Travis Scott, bureau chief of The Times-Picayune’s Baton Rouge bureau and its former business editor, has been named president of the Public Affairs Research Council, an independent, non-profit research and public policy organization in the state capital.
“The Money section won five national awards from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, plus regional and state awards under Scott’s leadership.
“Scott led the creation of the newspaper’s expanded Sunday Money section and served as co-chairman of Money Watch Live, an annual personal finance conference.
“In the early 1990s he was the business editor and a prize-winning columnist for The Greenville News in South Carolina, where he emphasized coverage of economic development.”
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