{{short description|American writer}} {{Infobox person | image = Zachary Pincus-Roth in Ensenada.jpg | caption = Pincus-Roth in a barbershop in [[Ensenada, Baja California|Ensenada]], [[Mexico]] | name = Zachary Pincus-Roth | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth based on age as of date|34|2014|02|16}}<ref name=nyt/> | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = entertainment journalist, author, and TV writer | spouse = | father = Dr. [[Harold Alan Pincus]] | mother = Ellyn S. Roth | children = | relatives = | credits = [[Lie to Me]]; ''[[Avenue Q]]'' (book) | website = {{URL|zacharypincus-roth.com}} | agent = }}
'''Zachary Pincus-Roth''' is an American entertainment journalist, author, and TV writer. In January 2016, he joined the ''[[Washington Post]]'' as pop culture editor.<ref name=wphire>{{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 }}</ref>
==Education==
Pincus-Roth was raised in [[Chevy Chase, Maryland]]<ref name="la observed">[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</ref> and attended [[Richard Montgomery High School]] in [[Rockville, Maryland]], where he graduated in 1998 and received a Lazarus Leadership Fellowship.<ref name="BCC">{{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|archive-date=2016-03-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023918/http://ww2.gazette.net/gazette_archive/1997/199708/chevy/news/a54507-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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." <ref name="RMHS">[http://hdiggity.blogspot.com/1997/10/zachary-pincus-roth-column-in-richard.html "Can I Say One Thing" ''The Tide'' October 10, 1997 ] Retrieved November 14, 2012</ref>
He received his [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in [[philosophy]] from [[Princeton University]] in 2002. He wrote his senior thesis on ''[[Seinfeld]]'' <ref name="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 }}</ref> and authored a column in ''[[The Daily Princetonian]]'' where he opined on the blissful lives of squirrels,<ref name="squirrel">{{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 |archive-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811062843/http://dailyprincetonian.com/opinion/2000/02/students-should-envy-squirrel-simplicity/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> unrecognized discrimination,<ref name="lookism">{{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 |archive-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811041309/http://dailyprincetonian.com/opinion/2000/09/look-again/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and cultural relativism toward nudity,<ref name="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 |archive-date=11 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160811081614/http://dailyprincetonian.com/opinion/2000/02/sophomores-should-bend-the-rules-for-the-right-to-bare-arms-and-butts/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> among other topics. He wrote and acted for the [[Princeton Triangle Club]] musical comedy group.<ref name="la observed" />
==Career==
Living in New York City after college, he worked as staff writer for ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' and ''[[Playbill]]'', and contributed to other publications including ''[[Newsday]]'', the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', and ''[[The New York Times]]'', among others.<ref name="la observed" /><ref name=nyt/> 50
In 2006, he authored the companion book to the hit musical ''[[Avenue Q]]''.<ref name="Ave Q">[http://www.cainpark.com/index.aspx?page=696 "City of Cleveland Heights, OH : Theater - Cain Park"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713035448/http://www.cainpark.com/index.aspx?page=696 |date=2012-07-13 }} Retrieved November 11, 2012</ref><ref name=law.bio>{{cite news|title=Zachary Pincus-Roth|url=http://www.laweekly.com/authors/zachary-pincus-roth-2127539|access-date=13 June 2015|newspaper=LA Weekly}}</ref><ref name=usc>{{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|archive-date=20 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920165131/http://www.usc.edu/libraries/visions_voices/avenue_q/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
His 2010 ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'' article "Best Weekend Never" received the National Entertainment Journalism Award for Best Online Feature Article.<ref name="NEJ">[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</ref> and the Southern California Journalism Award for Online Entertainment.<ref name="SJA">[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808041016/http://lapressclub.org/uncategorized/winners-of-52nd-annual-socal-journalism-awards-annonced/ |date=2012-08-08 }} Retrieved November 12, 2012</ref>
While working on the drama ''[[Lie To Me]]'' in 2010, Pincus-Roth penned the song ''White Lie'' <ref name="Lie To Me">[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019031218/http://www.lietomescoop.com/2010/01/12/white-lie-sheet-music-and-mp3/ |date=2011-10-19 }} Retrieved November 12, 2012</ref> sung by [[Felicia Day]].<ref name="Lie To Me 2">[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] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924154331/http://insidetv.ew.com/2009/12/10/lie-to-me-felicia-day-sings/ |date=September 24, 2012 }} Retrieved November 12, 2012</ref>
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.<ref name="ICJ">[http://www.icfj.org/our-work/meet-2014-fellows-0 "Meet the 2014 Fellows!] Retrieved November 12, 2014</ref><ref name="india">{{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}}</ref>
Before joining the ''Washington Post'', he worked as Arts & Culture Editor for ''[[LA Weekly]]'' since 2011, and instructor at [[Loyola Marymount University]].<ref name="la observed" /><ref name=law.bio/><ref name="law staff">[http://www.laweekly.com/about/staff/ ''LA Weekly'' Staff] Retrieved November 11, 2012</ref><ref name=wphire/>
==Notes== {{Reflist|3|refs= <ref name=nyt>{{cite news |date=2014-02-16 |title=Eve Weston, Zachary Pincus-Roth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/16/fashion/weddings/eve-weston-zachary-pincus-roth.html?_r=0 |newspaper=New York Times |access-date=2014-02-22}}</ref> }}
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