Tom Zeller Jr.
Born (1969-04-30) April 30, 1969
Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
EducationCleveland State University
Columbia University
OccupationJournalist
Agent(s)Mackenzie Brady Watson, Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, Inc.
Notable credit(s)The New York Times; National Geographic Magazine; The Huffington Post
Websitetomzellerjr.com

Thomas Zeller Jr. (born April 30, 1969)[1] is an American journalist who has covered poverty, technology, energy policy and the environment, among other topics, for a variety of publications, including 12 years on staff as a writer and editor at The New York Times. He has also held staff positions at National Geographic Magazine and The Huffington Post.

In 2013-2014, he was awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT.[2]

Zeller has won several awards for visual journalism and multimedia reporting from the Society of News Design and from the University of Navarra, Spain (Malofiej Awards), including prizes for a collection of essays and graphics lending historical context to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; an interactive reconstruction of the shooting of Amadou Diallo; and a multimedia documentary of a Louisiana plantation,[3] part of The Times's Pulitzer prize-winning "How Race Is Lived in America" series.[4][5]

In 2016, Zeller and Pulitzer-prizewinning science writer Deborah Blum launched a new digital science publication titled Undark Magazine. He currently serves as the publication's editor in chief.[6]

He is a co-editor and contributing author of the book "A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons From the Front Lines" (Oxford University Press, 2022).[7]

Zeller resides in Montana with his wife, Katherine Zeller.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Tyni, Hillevi (1997). Boecker Levelius. Sollentuna.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ↑ Knight Science Journalism fellowships announced
  3. ↑ Magnolia Plantation
  4. ↑ How Race Is Lived in America
  5. ↑ "Talk to the Newsroom:Alternative Energy and Green Business Editor (Published 2009)". The New York Times. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-04-16.
  6. ↑ "Tom Zeller Jr. | Writer". www.tomzeller.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
  7. ↑ Zeller Jr., Tom (10 June 2022). A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism: Lessons From the Front Lines. Oxford University Press. p. 360. ISBN 9780197551509. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  8. ↑ Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute.
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