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. | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 30, 1969 |
| 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]
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] His debut book is "The Headache: The Science of a Most Confounding Affliction—and a Search for Relief" (Mariner, 2025).[8]
Zeller resides in Montana with his wife, Katherine Zeller.[9]
References
edit- ^ Tyni, Hillevi (1997). Boecker Levelius. Sollentuna.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Knight Science Journalism fellowships announced
- ^ Magnolia Plantation
- ^ How Race Is Lived in America
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Tom Zeller Jr. | Writer". www.tomzeller.com. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Zeller Jr., Tom (July 2025). The Headache. Mariner. ISBN 0358507758. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
- ^ Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute.