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 an assistant 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.
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 |
Early life and education
editZurawik 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
editAfter 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
editZurawik 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
editIn 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.
