David Zurawik
David Zurawik | |
|---|---|
| Born | David Lee Zurawik October 26, 1949[1] |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer, media critic |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison (MA) University of Maryland, College Park (PhD) |
| Doctoral advisor | Lawrence E. Mintz |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Goucher College |
| Notable works | The Jews of Prime Time |
David Lee Zurawik (born October 26, 1949) is an American journalist, writer, and professor. He has been the TV and media critic at The Baltimore Sun since 1989 and is a professor of communications and media studies at Goucher College. Before that, Zurawik was a TV critic/columnist at the Dallas Times Herald.[2] Zurawik is the author of The Jews of Prime Time.
Early life and education
[edit]Zurawik was born to a Jewish family[3][4] and earned a master's degree in specialized reporting from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a doctorate in American studies from the University of Maryland, College Park.[5] His dissertation in 2000 was titled The Jews of prime time: Ethnicity, self-censorship and assimilation in network television, 1949–1999. His doctoral advisor was Lawrence E. Mintz.[6]
Career
[edit]After completing graduate school, Zurawik first worked as a speech writer and press secretary for Wisconsin's Democratic lieutenant governor.[7] He then worked as a reporter and critic for the Dallas Times Herald before joining The Baltimore Sun in 1989 as its television critic.[8] His syndicated column runs in other newspapers, including the Los Angeles Times.[9] In 2008, he became the lead writer for The Baltimore Sun TV blog, Z on TV.[10] He has written pieces for the American Journalism Review.[11][12][13][14] In 2017, he began writing articles for the Telegraph-Journal.[15]
Zurawik worked for the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel in the 1970s and the Detroit Free Press in the late-'70-s-early 80s, where he was a feature writer and TV critic.
Zurawik has been a guest on the CNN public affairs talk show Reliable Sources,[16][17][18][19][20] and has also appeared on Fox News shows such as "Fox & Friends," "The O’Reilly Factor" and "On the Record with Greta Van Susteren."[21]
In addition to his position with the Baltimore Sun, Zurawik is a communications and media studies assistant professor at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland.[22]
He is also an editor for SAGE Publications.[23]
Books
[edit]Zurawik is the author of The Jews of Prime Time (2003). After that book was published, Zurawik reported that he was working on a biography of Gertrude Berg based on records stored at Syracuse University.[3]
Awards and honors
[edit]In 2015, Zurawik won the National Press Club's Arthur Rowse Award for Press Criticism in print.[24]
Also in 2015, he was named a finalist in the Best Commentary category of the Mirror Awards, presented by Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications.[25]
In 2016, he took home a first-place Excellence-in-Features award from the Society for Features Journalism in the Blog Portfolio category.[26]
In 2017, he won another Arthur Rowse Award for press criticism, a National Press Club award.[5]
In June 2017, he was given a third-place Arts & Entertainment award by the Society for Features Journalism.[27]
In 2018, he won the Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism from Penn State University.[28]
References
[edit]- ^ "Family Search". Retrieved 3 November 2023. [better source needed]
- ^ Sun, Baltimore. "David Zurawik". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ a b McLemee, Scott (2003-06-06). "2 Books Explore Curious Absence of Jewish Characters From TV Series in the 1950s and '60s". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
- ^ Benedik, Allison (May 2, 2004). "Finally, TV Jews who act Jewish". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ a b Jedra, Christina. "Sun columnist David Zurawik wins National Press Club Award". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ Zurawik, David L. (November 2000). "The Jews of prime time: Ethnicity, self-censorship and assimilation in network television, 1949–1999". Retrieved 2018-12-03 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Zurawik, David (January 19, 2021). "TV images of Washington that once inspired now a source of fear and pain". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Tribune Company Biography". Archived from the original on 2015-09-10.
- ^ Zurawik, David. "David Zurawik's television coverage". Archived from the original on 2017-12-30 – via LA Times.
- ^ "Z on TV", The Baltimore Sun[failed verification]
- ^ Zurawik, David (1997). "Saving CBS News". ajrarchive.org. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ Zurawik, David; Stoehr, Christina (1993-04-01). "Money changes everything". American Journalism Review. 15 (3).
- ^ Zurawik, David; Stoehr, Christina (1994-11-01). "Eclipsing the nightly news". American Journalism Review. 16 (9).
- ^ Stoehr, Chris; Zurawik, David (1998-05-01). "Rather remarkable". American Journalism Review. 20 (4).
- ^ "David Zurawik". Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "CNN.com - Transcripts". transcripts.cnn.com. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "Media Critic David Zurawik: 'Sickened By' Bill O'Reilly 'Exploiting the Fissures' In Our Society". www.mediaite.com. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik: Bannon "weaponizing" Breitbart "goes against everything I believe about journalism"". Media Matters for America. 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "Sunday shows". POLITICO. Retrieved 2017-12-29.[failed verification]
- ^ "Why journalists are asking 'Is Trump racist?'". WTHI News. Archived from the original on 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
- ^ "David Zurawik Discusses 'Reckless' Fox & Friends". Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "David Zurawik Wins National Press Club Award - Goucher College". Goucher College.
- ^ "Zurawik, David | SAGE Publications Inc". us.sagepub.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
- ^ "Wall Street Journal, Seattle Times win awards in National Press Club journalism contest". National Press Club. 26 June 2015.
- ^ Barker, Jeff (4 May 2015). "The Sun wins Newspaper of the year from MDDC".
- ^ Britto, Brittany (7 June 2016). "Baltimore Sun's features coverage wins 6 awards from Society for Features Journalism".
- ^ Britto, Brittany. "The Baltimore Sun wins eight awards from the Society for Features Journalism".
- ^ Tkacik, Christina (23 March 2018). "Baltimore Sun's David Zurawik wins Bart Richards Award for Media Criticism".
Further reading
[edit]- Bronski, Michael (2003-07-18). "Too Much or Not Enough? Examining Jewishness on the Small Screen". The Forward. p. 8.
- Elkin, Michael (2003-04-17). "GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY! Author makes book on 'The Jews of Prime Time' - and the woman who started it all with a simple 'Yoo-hoo!'". The Jewish Exponent. p. 35.
- Gertel, Elliot B. (Summer–Fall 2006). "Jews and the Small Screen". Judaism. 54 (3/4): 264–271. ISSN 0022-5762.
- McLemee, Scott (2003-06-06). "Hot Type". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 49 (39): A19.
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