Education
Cornell University; University of Virginia.
Cornell University; University of Virginia.
He was a correspondent for American Broadcasting Company News for more than 20 years. He is currently a research fellow at Stanford University"s Hoover Institution. In the film Frost/Nixon, Zelnick is portrayed by Oliver Platt.
Zelnick was convicted in 2013of 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
His assignments included national political and congressional affairs (1994-1998), the Pentagon (1986–1994), Israel (1984-1986) and Moscow (1982-1984). Prior to joining American Broadcasting Company News, Zelnick had worked for the Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, and the Anchorage Daily News, and was executive editor of the Frost–Nixon interviews.