Saul Friedman
| Saul Friedman | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 4, 1929 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | December 24, 2010 Edgewater, Maryland, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | University of Houston |
| Occupation | Political journalist, educator |
| Spouse(s) | Evelyn Friedman |
| Children | Lise Friedman Spiegel, Leslie Kriewald |
Saul Friedman (March 4, 1929 – December 24, 2010) was an American political journalist and educator. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1968.[1]
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Career
Friedman graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in philosophy in 1956.[1] Throughout Friedman's career, he wrote for the Houston Chronicle, the Detroit Free Press, Newsday, and for Knight Ridder newspapers. He won a 1963 Nieman Fellowship. His work landed him on the master list of Nixon political opponents. He was one member of a team[citation needed] that covered the 1967 Detroit riot for the Detroit Free Press. Next year they shared the Pulitzer Prize in Local General or Spot News Reporting (a predecessor of the Breaking News Pulitzer), citing "both the brilliance of its detailed spot news staff work and its swift and accurate investigation into the underlying causes of the tragedy."[2] Friedman also taught national and foreign affairs reporting at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism for a year. In 1985, Friedman and his family moved to Edgewater, Maryland, where Friedman worked as a White House correspondent.[3] Friedman began working for Newsday, although he left to spend five months in South Africa teaching journalists. When[when?] he returned, Friedman began writing a weekly column called "Gray Matters" that covered issues affecting older people. After working there for more than twenty years, he quit Newsday in October 2009 over its decision to charge for its web content.[4] He began publishing his column in November 2009 in Time Goes By, a blog.[5]
Death
Friedman died December 24, 2010 from a form of stomach cancer.[3]
References
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- Friedman, Saul (May 22, 2006). Run as fast as you can from conventional wisdom. Nieman Watchdog
External links
- Saul Friedman columns at Newsday[dead link]
- Contributor, Saul Friedman at Time Goes By — point of entry to "Gray Matters" and "Reflections" columns at TGB after quitting the newspaper (from November 2009)
- Articles with hCards
- No local image but image on Wikidata
- Articles with unsourced statements from October 2013
- Vague or ambiguous time from November 2013
- Articles with dead external links from November 2013
- American male journalists
- Pulitzer Prize winners for journalism
- Newsday people
- Nieman Fellows
- University of Houston alumni
- 1929 births
- 2010 deaths
