Lina Zeldovich
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| Born | Kazan, Tatarstan |
| 🏫 Education | Polytechnic University, Columbia School of Journalism |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Dennis Cieri |
| 🌐 Website | https://linazeldovich.com/ |
Lina Zeldovich is a popular science writer who covers complex topics that reveal the intricate relationship between humans and their environment. She specializes in solutions journalism[1], an approach to reporting that doesn’t simply illuminate the problems but examines pathways to their resolutions. In particular, she focuses on investigating novel solutions to the world’s oldest problem—keeping humans free from their own waste.
Early Life
Lina Zeldovich was born in Kazan, Tatarstan[2], a republic in the former Soviet Union. Her father was a theoretical physicist, her mother an aerospace engineer, and her grandparents held agricultural, engineering, chemical and medical degrees. As a child she was often sick and spent weeks in bed, reading books and later science and medical magazines. She began writing in Russian at five years old.
At 12, a rare disorder left her bedridden and she was homeschooled for three years, until an experimental surgery restored her health. Her parents learned about the experimental surgery from a newspaper article, which made a profound impression on her—she realized the power of journalism and dreamed of becoming a journalist.
In 1990, Zeldovich’s family immigrated to the United States where the challenge of writing in English, her second language, made her journalism dream difficult. Zeldovich earned a Computer Science degree from Polytechnic University (today’s NYU Tandon School of Engineering) and worked in the IT field for many years[3], while taking English, speech, creative writing, fiction and journalism classes at night. After publishing several essays and fiction stories, and winning Writer’s Digest First Prize Nonfiction Award in 2010[4], she applied to Columbia School of Journalism. She focused on magazine and science writing, graduating in 2012[5] and winning John Horgan’s award for science reporting.[6]
Works
Zeldovich has contributed several hundred stories[7] to national and international publications in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, including Reader’s Digest, the New York Times, Smithsonian, Scientific American, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Mosaic Science, Audubon Magazine, Spectrum, Sierra Club, the Atlantic, Newsweek, BBC Online and Undark, among others. She also was an editor at the Nautilus Quarterly magazine, an environmental columnist for JSTOR Daily,[8] and appeared on radio and television, including NPR[9] and CBS.[10] She earned a number of journalistic accolades, including two Front Page Awards from New York Newswomen’s Club[11][12], one from the Society of Professional Journalists’ Deadline Club[13], and several from North American Travel Writers Association[14]. She had been a science journalist fellow at Marine Biological Laboratory[15] and Harvard Medical School[16]. In 2020, American Association of Journalists and Authors honored her with a crisis reporting award for her early coronavirus coverage.[17]
After winning four awards for writing about the science of human waste, Zeldovich wrote a book on the subject[18], titled The Other Dark Matter: The Science and Business of Turning Waste into Wealth and Health[19], which will be released by Chicago University Press in 2021. In her first chapter, Zeldovich explained that she “came to love the excrement”[20] by watching her grandfather composting sewage in the family’s orchard, and “thought the whole world did the same.” In her birthday Facebook post, she wrote that this was the gift she waited for her whole life—a book with her name on the cover.[21]
She lives in New York City and is married to Dennis Cieri, founder of Cieri Media International and New York City Independent Film Festival.
Notable Family
Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich, Soviet theoretical physicist.
Levy Rozman (son) known online as GothamChess, is a Twitch streamer, YouTuber, chess player, commentator and International Master.
References
1. [1] From Many Corners, Journalism Seeking Solutions
2. [2] Facebook page, Lina Zeldovich.
3. [3] LinkedIn Page, Lina Zeldovich.
4. [4] 2010 Memoirs/Personal Essay Winners, Writer's Digest
5. [5] LinkedIn, Lina Zeldovich
6. [6]Journalists and top students honored on Journalism Day
7. [7] Muckrack, Lina Zeldovich
9. [9] Redefining Autism and Who's Left Out
10. [10] Scientists Turn Poultry Poop Into Fuel, Caring For A Parent With Memory Loss, Latest On Saudi-American Relations
11. [22] From rigs to reefs: Researchers encourage authorities to rethink oil rig removal
12. [11] 2014 FRONT PAGE AWARDS
13. [12] 2017 FRONT PAGE AWARD RECIPIENTS
15. [14] North American Travel Journalists Association Announces 2015 Award Winners for Excellence in Travel Writing, Photography, Promotion
16. [15] MBL Awards Fellowships to Science and Health Journalists
17. [16] Harvard Medical School Announces Media Fellows for Second Thematic Track of 2019
18. [17] Crisis Coverage Awards: COVID-19 Edition
19. [18] Lina Zeldovich Website
20. [19] The Other Dark Matter, The Science and Business of Turning Waste Into Wealth and Health
21. [20] The Other Dark Matter, The Science and Business of Turning Waste Into Wealth and Health
22. [21] Facebook Photo
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