Zachary Pincus-Roth
{{short description|American writer}}
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| name = Zachary Pincus-Roth
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| birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|34|2014|02|16}}
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| occupation = entertainment journalist, author, and TV writer
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| father = Dr. Harold Alan Pincus
| mother = Ellyn S. Roth
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| credits = Lie to Me; Avenue Q (book)
| URL = {{URL|zacharypincus-roth.com}}
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Zachary Pincus-Roth is an American entertainment journalist, author, and TV writer. In January 2016, he joined the Washington Post as pop culture editor.{{cite news |date= November 4, 2015 |title=Zachary Pincus-Roth named pop culture editor
|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/pr/wp/2015/11/04/zachary-pincus-roth-named-pop-culture-editor/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |location=Washington, DC |access-date=10 March 2016 }}
Education
Pincus-Roth was raised in Chevy Chase, Maryland[http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2011/02/new_arts_and_culture_edit.php New arts and culture editor at LA Weekly Kevin Roderick February 21, 2011] Retrieved November 11, 2012 and attended Richard Montgomery High School in Rockville, Maryland, where he graduated in 1998 and received a Lazarus Leadership Fellowship.{{cite news|url=http://ww2.gazette.net/gazette_archive/1997/199708/chevy/news/a54507-1.html|title=B-CC training leaders|newspaper=Montgomery Gazette|date=February 19, 1997|access-date=2012-12-31}} At Richard Montgomery he was sports editor, news editor, and editor-in-chief of The Tide and authored an op-ed column entitled "Can I Say One Thing."
He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from Princeton University in 2002. He wrote his senior thesis on Seinfeld {{cite web |url=http://www.zacharypincus-roth.com/blog/2008/01/i-am-the-morale.html |title=I Am the Morales of My Stand-Up Class |last1=Pincus |first1=Roth|website=25 January 2008 |access-date=12 June 2016 }} and authored a column in The Daily Princetonian where he opined on the blissful lives of squirrels,{{cite news |last=Pincus-Roth |first=Zachary |date=21 February 2000 |title=Students should envy squirrel simplicity|url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/opinion/2000/02/students-should-envy-squirrel-simplicity/ |newspaper=Daily Princetonian |location=Princeton, NJ |access-date=12 June 2016}} unrecognized discrimination,{{cite news |last=Pincus-Roth |first=Zachary |date=20 September 2000 |title=Look Again |url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/opinion/2000/09/look-again/ |newspaper=Daily Princetonian |location=Princeton, NJ |access-date=12 June 2016}} and cultural relativism toward nudity,[{{cite news |last=Pincus-Roth |first=Zachary |date=2 February 2000 |title=Sophomores should bend the rules for the right to bare arms (and butts) |url=http://dailyprincetonian.com/opinion/2000/02/sophomores-should-bend-the-rules-for-the-right-to-bare-arms-and-butts/ |newspaper=Daily Princetonian |location=Princeton, NJ |access-date=12 June 2016}} among other topics. He wrote and acted for the Princeton Triangle Club musical comedy group.
Career
Living in New York City after college, he worked as staff writer for Variety and Playbill, and contributed to other publications including Newsday, the Los Angeles Times, and The New York Times, among others. 50
In 2006, he authored the companion book to the hit musical Avenue Q.[http://www.cainpark.com/index.aspx?page=696 "City of Cleveland Heights, OH : Theater - Cain Park"] Retrieved November 11, 2012{{cite news|title=Zachary Pincus-Roth|url=http://www.laweekly.com/authors/zachary-pincus-roth-2127539|access-date=13 June 2015|newspaper=LA Weekly}}{{cite web|url=http://www.usc.edu/libraries/visions_voices/avenue_q/|title=A USC Libraries Exploration |publisher=USC libraries|author=Kim Esser|access-date=12 April 2015}}
His 2010 Slate article "Best Weekend Never" received the National Entertainment Journalism Award for Best Online Feature Article.[http://lapressclub.org/awards/winners-of-2010-national-entertainment-journalism-awards/ "Winners of 2010 National Entertainment Journalism Awards" Los Angeles Press Club, April, 3 2012] Retrieved November 12, 2012 and the Southern California Journalism Award for Online Entertainment.[http://lapressclub.org/uncategorized/winners-of-52nd-annual-socal-journalism-awards-annonced/ "WWinners of 52nd Annual SoCal Journalism Awards Announced" Los Angeles Press Club, April, 3 2012] Retrieved November 12, 2012
While working on the drama Lie To Me in 2010, Pincus-Roth penned the song White Lie
[http://www.lietomescoop.com/2010/01/12/white-lie-sheet-music-and-mp3/ "“White Lie” – Sheet Music and MP3" Lie To Me Scoop, January, 12 2012] Retrieved November 12, 2012 sung by Felicia Day.[http://insidetv.ew.com/2009/12/10/lie-to-me-felicia-day-sings/ "'Lie to Me' first look: Felicia Day revisits 'Dr. Horrible' triumph" EW.com, December 10, 2010] Retrieved November 12, 2012
In 2014, he received a fellowship from the International Center for Journalists through which he published a longform article about the role of television in shaping culture and behavior in India.[http://www.icfj.org/our-work/meet-2014-fellows-0 "Meet the 2014 Fellows!] Retrieved November 12, 2014{{cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/publicspectacle/2014/11/05/can-tv-save-india|title=Can TV Save India?|author=Zachary Pincus-Roth |date=November 5, 2014|access-date=November 15, 2014|publisher=LA Weekly}}
Before joining the Washington Post, he worked as Arts & Culture Editor for LA Weekly since 2011, and instructor at Loyola Marymount University.[http://www.laweekly.com/about/staff/ LA Weekly Staff] Retrieved November 11, 2012
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