Background
Sonja Merljak Zdovc was born in Koper, Slovenia.
Sonja Merljak Zdovc was born in Koper, Slovenia.
After finishing the gymnasium in Koper, she enrolled to the University of Ljubljana, where she studied English language and journalism.
She is known for her columns and stories in the Slovenian newspaper Delo, for her writings on literary journalism in Republic of Slovenia, her novels Dekle kot Tisa and Njeni tujci, as well as for her books on history of journalism in the Slovene Lands. Currently, she is a staff reporter at Delo, covering education and social affairs In April 2015, she created Časoris, Slovenia"s first online newspaper for children.
After graduation, she began to work as a journalist for the national daily newspaper Delo.
In 2001/2002, she spent a year in the United States of America as a Fulbright scholar. She became acquainted with literary journalism, while studying at the University of Missouri"s Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri.
Soon she began teaching journalism courses at different universities in Slovenia.
In 2004, she successfully defended her Doctor of Philosophy thesis on Tom Wolfe"s New Journalism in Slovenia and United States of America at the University of Ljubljana.
In the 1990s, she became an active member of media watch movement that strives to improve the quality of journalism in Slovenia.