Ned Zeman (born 1966) is a writer for Vanity Fair magazine and also a screenwriter. He covers Hollywood, crime, politics, and wildlife.^[1] He joined Vanity Fair as a senior editor in May 1997. In June 2000, he became a contributing editor. Before working with Vanity Fair, Zeman wrote for a number of magazines which include GQ, Sports Illustrated, and Outside Magazine. Prior, he a staff writer at Newsweek from 1988 to 1993 during which he also wrote for Spy.^[2]

He has covered and interviewed celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Mike Ovitz, and Julia Roberts.^[2]

While reporting a 2001 story about Steven Seagal's links to the mafia, he was threatened by an unknown gunman.^[3] Zeman wrote a well known article about the death of Timothy Treadwell, who lived among bears.

In 2011, Zeman published his memoir entitled "The Rules of the Tunnel: My Brief Period of Madness" where he details his battle with clinical depression.

His article on the death of Timothy Treadwell, was a finalist for the National Magazine Award.^[4] This same article was optioned for the movies along with his article on Bruno Zehnder, the man who photographed penguins.^[2]

• Zeman, Ned (Jun 2013). "The boy who cried dead girlfriend". Scandal. Vanity Fair. Vol. 634. Additional reporting by Jaime Lalinde. pp. 55–59. Manti Te'o