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.
Early life and education
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
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.
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]
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. ISSN0022-5762.
