Times Square Ball Drop: Journalists Honored on New Year’s

Jon Scott

Jon Scott is the anchor, Fox Report Weekend on Fox News Channel. He is one of the journalists who is assigned to drop the ball in Times Square.

Scott has spoken out about press freedom and declared himself humbled to be selected for the ball dropping.

Scott Pointed Out That Many Journalists Have Been Killed Throughout the World

“It's humbling to be chosen to participate in the ball drop in Times Square, not just because of the venue or the size of the viewing audience, but because we're representing journalists all over the world whose voices have been stifled or completely silenced,” Scott told Fox News. “2018 was one of the deadliest years ever for journalists worldwide. Those of us who'll be onstage in Times Square enjoy the protections of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, but thousands of our colleagues across the globe do not.”

According to Deadline, Jon Scott "joined Fox News two months before its 1996 launch."

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