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Simon Kaufman

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Simon Kaufman

Simon Kaufman

Writer/Producer

Simon Kaufman is a producer for Scripps News. He works on "Scripps News Live" and "Main & Wall." Simon previously helped launch "The Why" and "Morning Rush." Along with show producing, he has led field production for a number of major stories and specials including the trial of Derek Chauvin, the Colorado Springs Club Q shooting and "Uvalde: One Year Later." Before joining Scripps News, he worked for the Big Ten Network and NBC Sports. Simon is a Colorado native who is based in Chicago.

Recent Work
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker.

Illinois To Require Asian American History Be Taught In Schools

Democratic members of the Texas legislature at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington

Texas Senate Passes Election Bill, Stalled With Dems In D.C.

President Joe Biden

Senate Democrats Reach $3.5T Budget Agreement

A sign warning of COVID-19 dangers remains in place outside a state office building in Jefferson City, MO.

Concerns Over Hospital Space As COVID-19 Cases Spike In Missouri

Supporters gather on the street as Dems from the Texas Legislature arrive by bus to board a private plane headed for D.C.

Texas Dems Flee State To Stall GOP Elections Bills

People gather outside a COVID-19 hospital in Nasiriyah, Iraq,

Death Toll Reaches 94 In Fire At Iraqi Coronavirus Ward

Voters line up outside a polling place.

Texas Republicans Advance New Voting Restrictions

Ed Wellard, from Withington, tapes bin liners across offensive wording on the mural of Manchester United

Police Investigate Racist Abuse Of Three England Players

Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer To Discuss COVID-19 Vaccine Booster With U.S. Officials

U.S. Army Gen. Scott Miller, the U.S.'s top general in Afghanistan

Top U.S. Commander To Exit Afghanistan Amid Taliban Surge

Zaila Avant-garde, 14, from Harvey, Louisiana is covered with confetti as she celebrates

Zaila Avant-garde Wins 2021 Scripps National Spelling Bee

Rescue workers search in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, in Surfside, Fla.

Recovery Efforts Begin At Site Of Collapsed Condo

Cameron Kinley

Naval Academy Graduate Allowed To Pursue NFL Career

President Joe Biden.

President Biden: Damage Appears Minimal From Massive Ransomware Attack

Rubble and debris of the Champlain Towers South condo

Surfside Death Toll Hits 46 As Enters 14th Day

A sign sits in front of the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa

Tyson Recalls 8 Million Pounds Of Chicken Over Potential Contamination

Donald Trump, left, his chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, center, and Donald Trump Jr., right

Trump Organization CFO Surrenders Ahead Of Expected Charges

A condominium tower built by the same developer of the nearby building that collapsed in Surfside, FL.

Residents Of Surfside Condo's Twin Building Split On Staying

Photographs of victims hang on a memorial wall near the site of the collapsed condo in Surfside, FL.

Memorial Wall Grows For Victims Of Surfside Condo Collapse

Mayoral candidate Eric Adams

NYC Election Officials Promise New Mayoral Results Wednesday

Search and rescue workers carry equipment onto the rubble of an oceanfront condo building that collapsed in Surfside, Fla.

Officials Seek Federal Assistance For Rescue Effort In Condo Collapse

Health care worker administering a COVID-19 vaccine.

Abu Dhabi To Ban Unvaccinated Adults From Some Public Places

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine vial

Study Says Lasting Immunity Likely From Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines

Crews work in the rubble Champlain Towers South condo.

Search Continues For Condo Collapse Survivors In Surfside, Florida

Crews work in the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo, Sunday, June 27, 2021, in Surfside, Fla.

Florida Condo Survivors Attend Sunday Service

U.S. military forces conduct defensive precision strikes on a facility used by Iran-backed militia groups.

U.S. Targets Iran-Backed Militias In Syria And Iraq

Workers search the rubble at the Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, Fla.

Condo Collapse: Rescuers Hopeful About Finding More Survivors

A person sits in front of the Say Their Names cemetery on the one-year anniversary of Floyd's death

George Floyd Statues Vandalized in New York, New Jersey

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, walks with Lt. Col Richard "Rick" Hulun, as she arrives to board Air Force Two.

VP Harris Visiting Border Today

Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the annual Hillsborough County NH GOP Lincoln-Reagan Dinner.

Pence Says Idea of Overturning Election Is Un-American