Annie Zaleski
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Occupation | music journalist |
Annie Zaleski is an American music journalist and author.[1][2]
Career[]
Zaleski is a regular writer for mainstream media outlets such as The A.V. Club and NPR Music, and a columnist at Salon.[3][4][5] She is based in Cleveland, Ohio where she has won first place awards from the Ohio Society of Professional Journalists, including Best Arts Review (2017) and Best Feature Writing (2019).[6]
Zaleski was previously an editor and music writer at the Riverfront Times in St. Louis, where she also hosted a radio show on KDHX called International Pop Overthrow.[7] She moved to Cleveland Ohio to become managing editor at Alternative Press in 2011.[6][7] She wrote the liner notes to the 2016 reissue of R.E.M.'s Out of Time.[1]
Books[]
Zaleski wrote a book in the 33⅓ series about the Duran Duran album Rio which was published in May 2021.[8] She is working on the book Why the B-52s Matter for University of Texas Press.[9][10]
Personal life[]
Zaleski grew up near Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Rocky River High School and then Harvard University from 1998 to 2002 where she wrote for the Harvard Crimson and was a DJ on the college's radio station.[11] She graduated from Harvard with a bachelor's degree in English.[12][11] She collects records and is on the board of directors for Lake Erie Ink.[7][13]
Zaleski married Matt Wardlaw, who is also a music journalist, in July 2013.[14]
References[]
- ^ a b "Annie Zaleski - Annie Zaleski". Bloomsbury. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "YP Helpful Habits Q&A: Annie Zaleski, freelance music writer". Crain's Cleveland Business. September 21, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Annie Zaleski". Salon. January 1, 1970. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Annie Zaleski". AV Club. December 15, 2020. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Annie Zaleski". NPR. January 22, 2018. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annie Zaleski - Cleveland, OH". This Is Cleveland. May 1, 2021. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ a b c Scorfina, Jon (April 15, 2011). "Annie Zaleski on music writing, DJing and, of course, REM". Riverfront Times. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Duran Duran's Rio". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Annie Zaleski". The Coda Collection. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Fall 2019" (PDF). University of Texas Press. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ a b Sebille, Dave (April 15, 2019). "The Ballad Of Annie Zaleski". PressureLife. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Annie K. Zaleski - Writer Page". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Lake Erie Ink: a writing space for youth. October 25, 2011. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "'Face Time: Pebbles, "Girlfriend"". Popdose. July 12, 2013. Retrieved May 4, 2021.
External links[]
- Living people
- American music journalists
- Harvard College alumni
- Journalists from Ohio
- Rocky River High School (Ohio) alumni
- The Harvard Crimson people