He is the host of "The Briefing with Steve Scully" on SiriusXM POTUS 124 and contributor to Hill.com & Senior Vice President at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

He served as an intern for Sen. Joe Biden from September to October 1978 and in Sen. Ted Kennedy's media affairs office in early 1979 earning college credits.

He served as a regular Sunday host of Washington Journal, a live three-hour news and public affairs program.

[6] He was a host and moderator for a number of other C-SPAN programs, including Newsmakers, Road to the White House and In Depth on Book TV.

[13] On October 15, 2020, the date that the second 2020 presidential debate was supposed to be held, C-SPAN placed Scully on temporary paid leave after he admitted to misleading[14][15][16] about his Twitter feed being hacked when confronted about an exchange he had with Anthony Scaramucci.

"[19] Scully returned as a producer for the call-in show Washington Journal, and on-air host of The Weekly, on January 5, 2021.

[21] In July 2021, Scully departed from C-SPAN to take a position as vice president of communications at the Bipartisan Policy Center.

[6][10] Until her death, Scully's mother accompanied him to most WHCA dinners throughout the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.

[26] He was the 2009 recipient of the Fitzwater Center for Communications Award, for exemplary journalism and public service,[27] and in the same year was recognized by The Washingtonian as one of the capital's "50 Top Journalists".