Scott Maxwell
Orlando Sentinel, Columnist

Scott Maxwell writes the "Taking Names" column for the Orlando Sentinel. Three times a week, his column focuses on the interesting, funny, maddening and crazy things that make Florida ... well, Florida. He particularly enjoys telling readers what the politicians do not.Scott came to the Sentinel in 1998, when he covered Orange County. He started his column in 2002, and his work has received awards from the Society of ProfessionalJournalists, the Society of American Business Writers and Editors and others. He has also been voted "Best Columnist" by readers of Orlando Magazine, the Orlando Weekly and the Sentinel. Before coming to Orlando, Scott worked for the Winston-Salem Journal and the Chapel Hill Herald. Scott graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School ofJournalism. He and his wife, Cyndee, have two kids in college.