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.
Tom Zeller Jr. | |
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| Born | (1969-04-30) April 30, 1969 (age 53) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Education | Cleveland State University, Columbia University |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Agent(s) | Mackenzie Brady Watson, Stuart Krichevsky Literary Agency, Inc. |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times; National Geographic Magazine; The Huffington Post |
| Website | tomzellerjr.com |
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]
Zeller resides in Montana with his wife, Katherine Zeller.[7]