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David Zurawik
Critic
My Role
I am the TV/media critic at the Baltimore Sun. I write the Z on TV blog at baltimoresun.com. I also do a weekly radio report, "Media Matters: Take on Television," at Baltimore's public radio statioon WYPR-FM (88.1) as part of a content sharing agreement between the station and the Sun.
My Biography
I have been the Baltimore Sun's TV critic since 1989. Before that I was TV critic/columnist at the Dallas Times Herald. I earned a Ph.D. in American Studies (pop culture-media studies) from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2000. I have an M.A. from the University of Wisconsin in specialized reporting (pop culture). I am the author of "The Jews of Prime Time," a look at 50 years of Jewish idenitity in front of behind the cameras of network TV (Brandeis University Press/University Press of New England, 2003).
My Interests
TV and media.
My Recent Articles
Adam May will have prime-time role at Al Jazeera America
6/17/2013
Former WJZ anchor will be correspondent on new magazine show Former WJZ reporter/anchor Adam May will have a prime-time role on Al Jazeera America, the channel announced Monday.
Chris Cuomo on why he's right for mornings on CNN's 'New Day' 6/16/2013
'I'm not the warmest and fuzziest - that's not who I am' Chris Cuomo, one of the hosts of "New Day," sounds like someone who has thought a lot about his TV image and what he's getting into as the point man to make mornings matter at CNN.
WUSA, WBFF top news stations at regional Emmys 6/16/2013
Washington station wins 11, Baltimore's Fox 45 wins 9 Washington's WUSA and Baltimore's WBFF were the top news stations in their respective markets at the 55th Emmy Awards of the National Capital/Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The awards ceremony was held Saturday night in Baltimore.
Comcast to roll out a new system to compete with Netflix, Apple TV 6/15/2013
We have been talking about radical changes in the way we watch for TV for almost a decade now.
Is it time to quit being nice about what 'NewsHour' has become? 6/12/2013
Does PBS still really even have a nightly newscast? (Updates at end with response from NewsHour) With the word Tuesday that "NewsHour" was shutting down offices and laying off employees, it's time to ask the question: Just how much of the this one-time PBS bedrock is actually left?
Former WJZ anchor will be correspondent on new magazine show Former WJZ reporter/anchor Adam May will have a prime-time role on Al Jazeera America, the channel announced Monday.
Chris Cuomo on why he's right for mornings on CNN's 'New Day' 6/16/2013
'I'm not the warmest and fuzziest - that's not who I am' Chris Cuomo, one of the hosts of "New Day," sounds like someone who has thought a lot about his TV image and what he's getting into as the point man to make mornings matter at CNN.
WUSA, WBFF top news stations at regional Emmys 6/16/2013
Washington station wins 11, Baltimore's Fox 45 wins 9 Washington's WUSA and Baltimore's WBFF were the top news stations in their respective markets at the 55th Emmy Awards of the National Capital/Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The awards ceremony was held Saturday night in Baltimore.
Comcast to roll out a new system to compete with Netflix, Apple TV 6/15/2013
We have been talking about radical changes in the way we watch for TV for almost a decade now.
Is it time to quit being nice about what 'NewsHour' has become? 6/12/2013
Does PBS still really even have a nightly newscast? (Updates at end with response from NewsHour) With the word Tuesday that "NewsHour" was shutting down offices and laying off employees, it's time to ask the question: Just how much of the this one-time PBS bedrock is actually left?
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