Katya Cengel Explained

Katya Cengel
Birth Place:Oakland, California, U.S.
Occupation:Author and journalist
Education:University of California, San Diego
Notable Works:From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union

Katya Danielle Cengel (born 1976) is an American author and journalist.

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lost between borders. 2020-08-21. baltictimes.com.
  2. Web site: Katya Cengel, Author at KyivPost. 2020-08-21. KyivPost. 26 May 2019 .
  3. About the Contributors . Manoa . 2003 . 15 . 2 . 214–217 . 10.1353/man.2003.0126 . .
  4. Web site: KatyaCengel and Keli Moore paired up with BBC. 2020-08-23. journalism.calpoly.edu.
  5. Web site: 2020 Medalist Cat 35-60 . 2020-08-23 . ippyawards.com.
  6. Web site: Recent Award Winners & Finalist . 2020-08-23 . www.unpblog.com. 6 July 2020 .
  7. Web site: Former 'Courier Journal' reporter, Katya Cengel, mixes books and baseball at Carmichael's . 2020-08-23 . www.louisville.com.
  8. Web site: 2005 Winners Green Eyeshade Awards. 2020-08-22. en-US.
  9. Web site: Katya Cengel . 2020-08-28. California Polytechnic State University, Journalism Department, Faculty & Staff.
  10. Web site: A Book Review By Dorothy Seymour Mills: Bluegrass Baseball:A Year In The Minor League Life. 2020-08-23. www.nyjournalofbooks.com.
  11. News: 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.. 2020-08-23. Pacific Standard.
  12. Web site: Review of From Chernobyl with Love. 2020-08-23. www.forewordreviews.com. 27 October 2019 .

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