Sonja Merljak Zdovc

Current

• Journalist at Delo

Past

• Assistant Professor at Faculty of Social Sciences
• Intern at Delo

Education

• Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social Sciences

Connections

24 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Website
• My Company

Sonja Merljak Zdovc’s Summary

I am an experienced feature writer working for the national daily newspaper Delo. I mostly write analytical articles about inequality and violence in society and feature stories for Delo's Saturday Supplement. My book Literary Journalism in the USA and Slovenia has been published by University Press of America; and my novel Dekle kot Tisa has been published by Založba Miš. In 2008, I was nominated for the Slovene Woman of the Year Award; I was also the Slovene nominee for the 'For Diversity. Against Discrimination.' Journalist Award.; in 2007, I was the Slovene nominee for the European Year of Equal Opportunities for All Special Award.

Sonja Merljak Zdovc’s Specialties:

Feature Stories, Literary Journalism, History of Journalism

Sonja Merljak Zdovc’s Experience

• Journalist

  Delo

  (Public Company; Writing and Editing industry)

  October 1998 — Present (11 years 2 months)

• Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social Sciences

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  October 2005 — October 2008 (3 years 1 month)

• Intern

  Delo

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Writing and Editing industry)

  October 1992 — October 1998 (6 years 1 month)

Sonja Merljak Zdovc’s Education

• Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Social Sciences

  PhD , Literature, Journalism , 1990 — 2004

  Graduated in English. Minored in Journalism. Overseas Studies Program: 2 semester at University of Missouri-Columbia, focus on Literary Journalism. Received FulbrightScholarship, 2001/02, and Zois Scholarship, 1989-1998.
  Dissertation titled “New Journalism of Tom Wolfe in the USA and Slovenia”, 2004.

Additional Information

Sonja Merljak Zdovc’s Websites:

• My Website
• My Company

Sonja Merljak Zdovc’s Interests:

journalism, literature, travel, movies, theatre, bycicling, windsurfing, tennis

Sonja Merljak Zdovc’s Groups:

Društvo novinarjev Slovenije
IALJS Membership co-chair

Sonja Merljak Zdovc’s Honors:

Slovenian special award to mark the 2007 European Year of Equal Opportunities for All

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