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Lina Zeldovich’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I grew up in a family of Russian scientists listening to stories about volcanoes and black holes while eating dinners from my family’s organic orchard. Since then, I survived a winter in Siberia, a summer in Madagascar, a year at Columbia J-School, and have written for the New York Times, Reader’s Digest, Popular Science, Smithsonian, Scientific American, Sierra Club, Atlantic, Newsweek, BBC, NPR and AFAR, and appeared on radio and TV. Along the way, I won two awards for stories on sustainabili…
Lina Zeldovich’s Journalist Portfolio
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Beating Bladder Cancer
More Hope, Less Suffering
Breathing Room
Interview
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What does it mean to be a journalist?
What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?
Awards
See all 8 awards →American Society Of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) Covering Crisis Award
2020 - Reporting on the Coronavirus Pandemic.
North American Travel Journalists Association Gold Award
2018 - Special Purpose Travel Category
Newswomen’s Front Page Award for Science Reporting
2017 - Science Reporting
North American Travel Journalists Association Silver Award
2016 - Special Purpose Travel Category
Society of Professional Journalists Award
2015 - Deadline Club award: First Place for Reporting by Independent Digital Media
Front Page Award
2014 - Sceince
Established by The Newswomen’s Club of New York in in 1938, the Front Page Awards bring recognition to the exceptional work by women in the news business.