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Scott Huler

(He/Him)
Raleigh
As seen in: Duke Magazine, Medium, The New York Times, Yahoo Life, The Washington Post, Yahoo News, Aol, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, NPR, Scientific American and
Covers:  Science, environment, history, literature, culture, travel, sports, politics.
Writer/producer; generalist. Most recent book: A Delicious Country, about retracing Lawson's 1700 Carolina expedition. bit.ly/2B77L17. He/him/his.

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Scott Huler’s Biography

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Writer and producer of all kinds of nonfiction. Nonfiction books on everything from the Beaufort Scale of wind force to the Odyssey of Homer; radio pieces for NPR and PRI shows; journalism for the Times, the Post, and other usual suspects. Video projects hither and yon. Currently: supporting recently released "A Delicious Country," about the Lawson Trek, in which I retraced the journey in 1700-1701 of John Lawson through the Carolina country. www.lawsontrek.com. Also senior writer at Duke Magaz…

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The Lawson Trek

The Lawson Trek

John Lawson's journey of 1700-1701 provided the first scientific descriptions of the Carolinas. His resulting…

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NPR Search : NPR

NPR Search : NPR

Commentator Scott Huler is going to stop trying to read Ulysses. He will do this tomorrow, June 16, which is …

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The Perfect Storm Name

The Perfect Storm Name

Raleigh, N.C. - For those of us in the Southeast, hurricane season is a frightening time. For the fortunate, …

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Bar Mitzvah Planning in an Uncertain Time

Bar Mitzvah Planning in an Uncertain Time

Teacher-appreciation day approaches in February 2017, at our temple's Hebrew school in Raleigh, North Carolin…

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Is changing a name erasing history?

Is changing a name erasing history?

ON A SWELTERING AFTERNOON in September, in front of the Carr Building on East Campus, a young black woman add…

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Perspective | Worry, regret and insomnia: For authors, the months between final draft and first r...

Perspective | Worry, regret and insomnia: For authors, the months between final draft and first r...

I am idly picking up index cards of various neon colors from the floor of my office, the tones one of many fa…

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Articles

Dedicated Devotion

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By Scott Huler
| The Race Course
Usually it’s dad. Dad played football. Dad may even be coaching his son. So dad’s usually the one riding the ballplaying son when things aren’t going right on the field. But it’s not just dad, says Aaron Hall ’25, graduate student and standout ballplayer. He recalls a time when he wasn’t playing to his capacity. “It hits different when your mother comes up and whispers some choice words in your ear,” he says.
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Now is the time for all Americans to come to the aid of their country Original

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By Scott Huler
| NC Newsline
So, I was at a protest last month in Cleveland, where I was visiting my dying mother. I told her I needed to leave her to go downtown for the protest on that damp, windy spring day. She understood. The turnout was okay. My reporter’s eye would have put the crowd at around a thousand. I usually attend protests in Raleigh, and the one a couple weeks previously hit around five thousand, though I’m told the protest I missed while I was in Cleveland was somewhat smaller.
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Opinion: Why Trump and his allies are basically comic book villains

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By Scott Huler
| Cardinal & Pine
An old meme about Superman advocating for diversity in America is making the rounds on the internet, just in time for an election that, once again, centers on Donald Trump’s vision of a white, Christian, anti-immigrant America. The meme about Superman is traveling again, and because of Stephen Miller’s unconscionable statements (and those of many others) at Madison Square Garden, I’m especially glad to see it.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I was a freelance from the start, and I've spent more time freelancing than on staff over my life. Suits me.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. I took typing in high school and carried a manual Olivetti to college here and in England. Actually miss typewriters.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Lois Lane.