Scott Oldham (born 1969) was vice president of editorial for
Edmunds Inc.'s ''Edmunds.com'', where he was responsible for the quality and direction of content published.
He started with ''Edmunds.com'' in December 2004 as senior editor with the company's now-defunct enthusiast site, ''Inside Line'', and left the company in October 2016.
Oldham was invited to be on the
North America
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n Car and Truck of Year Jury. The jury consists of 50 of the top journalists from a variety of automotive media outlets in the United States and Canada.
He earned his BA in journalism from
Glassboro State College
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, now known as Rowan University. Previously, he worked at ''Sport Compact Car'', ''
European Car
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History and profile
The magazine was started in late 1978 with the name ''VW Greats''. In F ...
'', ''
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Popular Mechanics
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'' and has also been published in ''Car and Driver'' and the ''
Los Angeles Times
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''.
Scott was also known to be a stockholder in a hair gel company due to his love affair with drop-top automobiles. During a driving session on PCH near Redondo Beach, Oldham was pulled over for speeding; he told the police officer he was trying to keep the car out of 1st gear.
Oldham was on the board of the Los Angeles-based
Motor Press Guild
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, and has been the president of that association.
Family
His father is Joe Oldham, who was ''Popular Mechanics'' longtime editor.
References
1969 births
Living people
American male journalists
20th-century American journalists
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