Robert Zelnick

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Carl Robert Zelnick (August 9, 1940 – September 23, 2019) was an American journalist, author and professor of journalism at the Boston University College of Communication, and winner of two Emmy Awards and two Gavel Awards.[1][2][3]

Career

Early in his career, Zelnick worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, and the Anchorage Daily News, and was executive editor of the Frost–Nixon interviews.[3] (In the 2008 film Frost/Nixon, Zelnick is portrayed by Oliver Platt.)

He was a correspondent for ABC News for more than 20 years. His assignments included national political and congressional affairs (1994–98), the Pentagon (1986–94), Israel (1984–86) and Moscow (1982–84).[3]

In 1998, he began teaching at Boston University, where he chaired the journalism department from 2002 to 2006.[4]

He was a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.[5]

Life

Zelnick was convicted in 2013[6] of misdemeanor negligent motor vehicle homicide and the civil infraction of failure to yield for an incident in October 2011, when he struck and killed a motorcyclist in Plymouth, Massachusetts.[7]

He was of Jewish descent.[8]

Books

  • The Illusion of Net Neutrality: Political Alarmism, Regulatory Creep, and the Real End to Internet Freedom (2013), coauthored with his daughter, Eva Zelnick
  • Israel's Unilateralism: Beyond Gaza (2006)
  • Swing Dance: Justice O'Connor and the Michigan Muddle (2004)
  • Winning Florida: How the Bush Team Fought the Battle (2001)
  • Gore: A Political Life (2000)
  • Backfire: A Reporter's Look at Affirmative Action (1996)

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