Tom Zeller Jr.

Tom Zeller Jr. is an American journalist, former New York Times reporter and columnist, and current editor in chief of the digital science magazine Undark. He is co-editor and a contributing author of the 2022 book “A Tactical Guide To Science Journalism,” published by Oxford University Press. In 2013, Tom was awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT, where he spent a year studying environmental decision-making, economics and climate policy — topics he has covered in the U.S. and abroad for The Times as well as National Geographic, Bloomberg View, Forbes, and Al Jazeera America, among other publications. He co-founded Undark in 2016. Under his leadership, the magazine’s work has been anthologized in the Best American Science & Nature Writing book series, and honored with numerous awards and accolades, including the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award and the prestigious George Polk Award for Environmental Reporting. Undark has also been named a finalist for a National Magazine Award, and earned top prizes from the Society for Environmental Journalists, the Association of Heath Care Journalists, the National Association of Science Writers, and the Online News Association. He resides with his wife in western Montana.