Robert Zelnick

Robert Zelnick
Born
Carl Robert Zelnick

(1940-08-09)August 9, 1940
New York City, U.S.
DiedSeptember 23, 2019(2019-09-23) (aged 79)
Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationCornell University
Occupations
Known forExecutive editor, Frost–Nixon interviews

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.

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. (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).

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

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

Life

Zelnick was convicted in 2013 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.

He was of Jewish descent.

Books

References

  1. ↑ "Carl Zelnick Obituary - Brookline, MA".
  2. ↑ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding Library of Congress Linked Data Service: linked authority record n2001090100.
  3. 1 2 3 "Boston University College of Communication Faculty Profile". Archived from the original on 2012-01-16.
  4. ↑ "Zelnick Steps Down as Boston University J-School Chair | Public Relations". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  5. ↑ "Robert Zelnick". Hoover Institution. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  6. ↑ "Former BU professor, ABC News correspondent Robert Zelnick found guilty of vehicular homicide". Archived from the original on September 21, 2013.
  7. ↑ CBS Local article
  8. ↑ Shammas, Anton (September 29, 1988). "The Morning After". The New York Times Review of Books. He was asked by Mr. Novak to comment on an article by an American Jew, Robert Zelnick, which had been published in The Washington Post...