Scott Rodd covers state government and wildfire policy for CapRadio, the NPR member station in Sacramento. His recent investigations uncovered Gov. Gavin Newsom’s overstatements about California’s wildfire prevention accomplishments and the state’s floundering efforts to expand fire mitigation work. His accountability reporting has been credited with spurring an additional $500 million investments for fire mitigation in California. The Sacramento Press Club named him 2021’s “Journalist of the Year” for “investigating and holding power to account in a role that also demands breaking news.” His work has also appeared in the Washington Post, NPR, the New York Times, Salon, Washington City Paper and the Sacramento Business Journal.