ESPN hires new top editor

Roxanna Scott, a veteran of USA Today, takes over an editorial operation that has seen extensive turnover in the last year

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ESPN is beefing up its editorial department.

Roxanna Scott has been hired for a newly created position in which she will be the top editor at ESPN across all of TV and digital newsgathering, including investigative reporting and enterprise journalism, sources told Front Office Sports. Her official title will be SVP, editor-in-chief. She will be based at company HQ in Bristol, Connecticut, reporting to Dave Roberts. 

Scott spent nearly 20 years as a sports editor at USA TODAY, including three years as executive editor and VP. For the last several months, she has been the managing editor of the daily desk at The Athletic. 

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