Samuel G. Freedman
Samuel G. Freedman (* 1955 ) is an American journalist and professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism , where he has taught since 1991. He lives and works in Manhattan . He has two children with his wife, Cynthia. His brother Ken Freedman is the manager of the radio station WFMU .
Life
Freedman grew up in Highland Park, New Jersey . He graduated from the University of Wisconsin – Madison in 1977 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and history.
From 1981 Freedman worked for The New York Times , where he was on the reporters' staff until 1987 and currently writes as a columnist on religion and education. He also worked as a reporter for Courier News in Bridgewater and Suburban Trib (a former supplement to the Chicago Tribune ). In addition, his articles and columns have appeared so far. a. in Rolling Stone , USA Today , The Jerusalem Post, and Salon.com .
In 1984 Freedman held a short-term position as adjunct professor of theater at Columbia University's School of the Arts.
Since 1990 Freedman has published several non-fiction books . His first work Small victories (1990) was nominated for the National Book Award and was shortlisted. For his second book, Upon this rock (1993), he received the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism . The subsequent The inheritance (1997) was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize .
Works
- Small victories: the real world of a teacher, her students, and their high school . Harper & Row, New York 1990. ISBN 0-06-016254-6 .
- Upon this rock: the miracles of a black church . HarperCollins , New York 1993. ISBN 0-06-016610-X .
- The inheritance: how three families and America moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and beyond . Simon & Schuster , New York 1996. ISBN 0-684-81116-2 .
- Jew vs. Jew: the struggle for the soul of American Jewry . Simon & Schuster, New York 2000. ISBN 0-684-85944-0 .
- Who she was: a son's search for his mother's life . Simon & Schuster, New York 2005. ISBN 0-7432-2735-2 .
- Letters to a young journalist . Basic Books, New York 2006. ISBN 978-0-465-02455-1 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.samuelfreedman.com/articles/jinterest/jpost03212006.html
- ↑ a b Marissa Newhall: Freedman reaches out to younger SPJ generation ( Memento of the original from December 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 26, 2006.
- ↑ Jonathan Groner: This Is Not Your Father's World: An Interview with Samuel G. Freedman ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Profile at Columbia ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Short biography on Freedman's own website
- ↑ http://www.nationalbook.org/nba1990.html
- ↑ http://www.nypl.org/pr/allbernwinners.cfm
- ↑ http://www.pulitzer.org/year/1997/general-non-fiction
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Freedman, Samuel G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1955 |