Zorza began writing freelance for "The Manchester Guardian" in 1950 and joined their staff in 1956. He was soon discovered to be a canny analyst of the inner workings of the Soviet Union. He made a series of bold predictions that proved to be accurate and for which he gained considerable respect. In 1956, Zorza's first article was published in The Washington Post. Victor was one of the first analysts to predict the Sino-Soviet split. In 1968, he was awarded the prestigious IPC National Press Awards Journalist of the Year award "for forecasting with astonishing accuracy and against the flow of informed opinion the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union."