Robert Zelnick
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| Born | Carl Robert Zelnick (1940-08-09)August 9, 1940
New York City, U.S.
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| Died | September 23, 2019(2019-09-23) (aged 79)
Newton, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| Nationality | American |
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| Known for | Executive 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.[1][2][3]
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.[3] (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).[3]
In 1998, he began teaching at Boston University, where he chaired the journalism department from 2002 to 2006.[4]
He was a research fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution.[5]
Zelnick was convicted in 2013[6] 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.[7]
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...
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