Why Isn’t There a Cure for Headache Disorders?
Key Questions
- What prompted you to write a book about headache disorders?
- What impact do you hope your book will have?
- When did your cluster headaches begin?
- How did you manage your attacks while working in a high-pressure newsroom?
- Does the invisible nature of headache increase its toll on those who experience it?
- Does the medical profession take headache disorders as seriously as they deserve?
- What was your lowest point in your experience of living with cluster headaches?
- What was the most surprising thing you learned while researching your book?
- What gives you hope for those who experience headache disorders?
Tom Zeller Jr.
Author | Editor-In-Chief
The Headache | Undark
Tom Zeller Jr. is an American journalist, former New York Times reporter and columnist, and current editor-in-chief of the digital science magazine Undark. He is co-editor and a contributing author of the 2022 book, A Tactical Guide to Science Journalism, published by Oxford University Press.
In 2013, Tom was awarded a Knight Science Journalism Fellowship at MIT, where he spent a year studying environmental decision-making, economics, and climate policy — topics he has covered in the United States and abroad for Al Jazeera America, as well as The Times, National Geographic, Bloomberg View, Forbes, and other publications.
He co-founded Undark in 2016. Under his leadership, the magazine’s work has been anthologized in the Best American Science & Nature Writing book series, and honored with numerous awards and accolades, including the Al Neuharth Innovation in Investigative Journalism Award and the prestigious George Polk Award for Environmental Reporting. Undark has also been named a finalist for a National Magazine Award, and earned top prizes from the Society of Environmental Journalists, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the National Association of Science Writers, and the Online News Association.
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