Jonathan Freedman

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Jonathan Freedman
Born (1950-04-11) April 11, 1950 (age 73)
Education Columbia College (BA)
OccupationJournalist
Awards Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing (1987)

Jonathan Freedman (born April 11, 1950) [1] is an American journalist, writer, and social activist who won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing. [2]

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Biography

Freedman was born in Rochester, Minnesota, where his father finished his residency at Mayo Clinic. [3] The family relocated to Denver, and Freedman graduated from George Washington High School in 1968. [3] He went on to study at Columbia College and received his A.B. in literature in 1972 and earned a fellowship that allowed him to travel through Central and South America. [1] [4]

He began his journalism career as a reporter for the Associated Press in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro during 1974–75. He then became a freelance writer and lived in Washington, D.C., Spain, Portugal, and San Francisco until he was hired by The San Diego Union-Tribune in 1981. [1]

During his tenure at the newspaper, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing in 1983 and 1984, and won the award in 1987 for writing about immigration across the Mexico–United States border. [1] [5] His series of editorials, which lasted for six years, was instrumental in the passing of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the first major immigration reform act in 34 years, which granted legalization to over two million people. [2] [5] [6]

Published works

Personal life

Freedman is married to Isabel Rooney, who is a medical director at Genentech. He has four children and three grandchildren from his two marriages. [3]

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