Scott Dikkers is the founder of TheOnion.com and its longest-serving editor-in-chief. A No. 1 New York Times best-selling author, comedy writer, and performer, Scott is widely regarded as one of the most influential trailblazers in comedy history. His visionary leadership at The Onion, his groundbreaking comic strip Jim’s Journal, plus his multiple top-10 comedy podcasts have garnered him tens of millions of fans all over the world.
Rolling Stone named him one of its top 10 favorite writers. Entertainment Weekly designated him “the funniest person in America” and placed him on the “It List” of the hottest celebrities in show business. He graced the cover of Time magazine as one of the top 50 movers and shakers online. His work has won the Thurber Prize for American Humor, a Peabody, and more Webby Awards than any other individual or organization.
Scott literally wrote the book on comedy, the best-selling How to Write Funny, which spawned a training center at the famed Second City in Chicago where he mentors young creators who have gone on to win Emmys, Grammys, and Oscars.