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Zach Rosenthal

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  • Strategy and Consulting Analyst, Accenture Federal Services
Arlington, Charlottesville
As seen in: MSN, The Washington Post, Yahoo News, SFGate, Chron, The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, AccuWeather, The Philadelphia Inquirer, United Press International (UPI) and
Covers:  Weather, student-life, the coronavirus, foreign policy
Doesn't Cover: I haven't yet found a subject that I am totally avoiding
@accenturefed, wrote some for @capitalweather, previously intern w/ @accuweather & @CFR_org. @UVA & @cavalierdaily alum.

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Zach Rosenthal’s Biography

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I am a fourth-year (Senior) at the University of Virginia, double-majoring in Leadership & Public Policy and Media Studies, alongside a minor in Government.

I've been privileged enough to write for U.Va's student-run newspaper, The Cavalier Daily, for four years. I've taken on various roles within the news team, but will settle down and be a Senior Writer for my final year with the paper.

I have had the amazing opportunity to get seven bylines in at the Washington Post as a college student, al…

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Five Graphics That Show the Delta Variant's Threat

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Welcome to #wxtwitter, a confrontational yet productive weather workspace

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Gas shortages reach Charlottesville after Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack

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Many gas stations across the southeast, including in the Charlottesville area, are out of gas following a sho…

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Grand jury unanimously rules shooting of 18-year-old Charlottesville resident Xzavier Hill was ju...

Grand jury unanimously rules shooting of 18-year-old Charlottesville resident Xzavier Hill was ju...

A grand jury unanimously ruled Friday that Virginia State Police were justified in using lethal force against…

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Man describes 'horrifying experience' as wildfire engulfed his hometown

Man describes 'horrifying experience' as wildfire engulfed his hometown

Tom Pourchot said he planned on staying in his home this past weekend, but later explained what he saw that m…

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We're not in Kansas anymore: Storm chasing in the Mid-Atlantic is an actual thing

We're not in Kansas anymore: Storm chasing in the Mid-Atlantic is an actual thing

When most people think about storm chasing and the threat of tornadoes, their mind takes them to the Great Pl…

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Meet the self-proclaimed 'Internet's Weather Man,' Ryan Hall

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By Zach Rosenthal
| SFGate
Hall's social media has seen explosive growth since he began uploading videos to YouTube in January 2021. In December, Hall streamed live on YouTube to cover a tornado outbreak that spawned two EF-4 twisters that devastated parts of Kentucky. Afterward, Hall's subscriber numbers climbed by nearly 250,000 in just two months, according to the social media monitoring platform Social Blade.
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Meet the self-proclaimed 'Internet's weather man,' Ryan Hall

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By Zach Rosenthal
| The Washington Post
YouTube's Ryan Hall poses in his Storm Seeker storm chasing vehicle. (Photo by Chandra Thacker via Instagram: capturingchapters_bychan) There may be no internet weather personality with a wider reach than Ryan Hall, a 27-year-old based out of Eastern Kentucky. Unlike other famous weather names, Hall doesn't gain viewers from traditional network news or The Weather Channel - he does so across social media.
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Where will Hurricane Nicole hit hardest? Here's the outlook for 13 cities.

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By Zach Rosenthal
| Benzie County Record Patriot
Hurricane warnings have been posted from Jupiter, Fla., to just north of Daytona Beach. Cities under the warning include West Palm Beach, Port St. Lucie, and Melbourne. To the north, tropical storm warnings have been issued as far north as Brunswick, Ga.; warnings also extend south to Hollywood, Fla. Tropical storm watches are in effect down south toward Miami as well as for parts of the Florida Gulf Coast that are still recovering from Hurricane Ian.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

I have not! I'm a fast typist with a keyboard though, even though I never evolved past the "two-finger peck" method.

How is social media changing news?

Even the most serious outlets have to focus on headlines that draw clicks... an interesting battle between honesty and clickbait.

Who's your favorite fictional journalist?

Clark Kent

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