Katya Cengel
Katya Danielle Cengel (born 1976) is an American author and journalist.
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Born | 1976 (age 44–45) Oakland, California, U.S. |
Occupation | Author and journalist |
Education | UC San Diego |
Notable works | From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union |
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Early life
Cengel was born in Oakland, California. In 1998, she earned a bachelor's degree in Literature Writing from UC San Diego.
Career
In 1998, Cengel was working as a features writer for The Baltic Times newspaper in Riga, Latvia.[1] Later, Cengel was a general assignment reporter for the Kyiv Post.[2] She also reported regularly for the San Francisco Chronicle[3] and BBC World Service.[4] Cengel described her Central European life and work in her 2019 book From Chernobyl With Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union for which she won the IPPY[5] and Foreword INDIE awards.[6]
Returning to the United States, Cengel joined the Louisville Courier-Journal as a general assignment features reporter.[7] Her series on the families of the Lost Boys of Sudan received second place feature writing from the Society of Professional Journalists 2005 Green Eyeshade Award.[8]
Cengel teaches journalism at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo[9] and UC Berkeley Extension.
Bibliography
- Bluegrass Baseball: A Year In The Minor League Life (2012) Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press. Review[10]
- Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back (2018) Lincoln, Nebraska: Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781640120341 Review[11]
- From Chernobyl With Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union (2019). Lincoln, Nebraska: Potomac Books, An imprint of the University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9781640122048 Review[12]
References
- "Lost between borders". www.baltictimes.com. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- "Katya Cengel, Author at KyivPost". KyivPost. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
- "About the Contributors". muse.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- "KatyaCengel and Keli Moore paired up with BBC". journalism.calpoly.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- "2020 Medalist Cat 35-60". ippyawards.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- "Recent Award Winners & Finalist". www.unpblog.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- "Former 'Courier Journal' reporter, Katya Cengel, mixes books and baseball at Carmichael's". www.louisville.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- "2005 Winners | Green Eyeshade Awards". Retrieved 2020-08-22.
- "Katya Cengel". California Polytechnic State University, Journalism Department, Faculty & Staff. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
- "A Book Review By Dorothy Seymour Mills: Bluegrass Baseball:A Year In The Minor League Life". www.nyjournalofbooks.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- "Review: Exiled: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to California and Back Katya Cengel tracks the lives of four families following the fall of the genocidal Khmer Rouge". www.psmag.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- "Review of From Chernobyl with Love". www.forewardreviews.com. Retrieved 2020-08-23.