Scott Timberg

Scott Timberg (February 15, 1969 – December 10, 2019) was an American journalist, culture writer, and editor, best known for his book Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class.[2]

Scott Timberg
Born(1969-02-15)February 15, 1969
Stanford, California, U.S.
DiedDecember 10, 2019(2019-12-10) (aged 50)[1]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma materWesleyan University
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
OccupationJournalist, author, and editor
Parent(s)Robert Timberg, Jane Timberg

Early life

The son of journalist and author Robert Timberg and grandson of composer Sammy Timberg, Scott Timberg was born on February 15, 1969 at Stanford Hospital in Stanford, California. He was raised in Maryland and educated in Connecticut, North Carolina, and England.[3]

Career

Timberg spent the longest period of his life in Los Angeles before moving to Athens, Georgia in 2015.[3] He was a staff writer for Salon, a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, and a contributing writer to the Los Angeles Review of Books and The New York Times.[4][3]

His book Culture Crash,, which won the National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Award in 2015, was an analysis of the difficulties of being a "creative class" worker in a post-Internet world.[5][6][7]

Personal life and death

Timberg married Sara Scribner, a school librarian and journalist, and they have one son.[1][3][8]

Timberg died by suicide on December 10, 2019 in Los Angeles, CA. [9]


References
  1. Reynolds, Christopher (December 14, 2019). "Scott Timberg, spirited listener, reader and writer, is dead at 50". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  2. "Scott Timberg Has Passed Away". CultureCrash. December 13, 2019. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  3. ""Leaving Los Angeles" Writer Scott Timberg Is Moving after All". Los Angeles Magazine. August 18, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  4. "Scott Timberg". Los Angeles Review of Books. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  5. "National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards – Los Angeles Press Club". Los Angeles Press Club – Encouraging Serious Journalism. December 20, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  6. Dezell, Maureen (April 2, 2015). "Scott Timberg's Death Knell For The Creative Class Tolls Too Soon". WBUR. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  7. "'Culture Crash,' by Scott Timberg". The New York Times. March 22, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  8. "Randall Beach: Our culture suffers when artists, writers go hungry". New Haven Register. March 23, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2019.
  9. "Steve Timberg". LA Coroner. December 10, 2019. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
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