Alan Friedman

Alan Friedman

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Friedman at the presentation of his book "Ammazziamo il gattopardo".
Born (1956-04-30) April 30, 1956
New York City, New York, U.S.
Nationality American
Alma mater New York University
Occupation Journalist, writer
Years active 1983–present
Known for Investigative report on Iraqgate and Berlusconi Cabinet's fall in 2011
Political party Democratic (former)
Religion Judaism

Alan Friedman (born in New York, April 30, 1956) is an American journalist, author and former media executive.

Education

Friedman was educated at New York University (NYU) (B.A. Politics and History), the London School of Economics (International Relations) and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (M.A. International Economics and Law).

Career

Friedman worked in the administration of President Jimmy Carter in the role of Presidential Management Intern. He began his professional career working for the staff of Hon. Bella Abzug (D-NY) and of Hon. Donald Fraser (D-MN).

From 1979 to 1993 he worked for the Financial Times of London, as a columnist on bonds, a banking correspondent and a foreign correspondent in Italy and the United States. His professional relationship with the International Herald Tribune and RAI made way, in 1999, to a joint venture for the co-production of the weekly programmes World Business/Pianeta Economia (Planet Economy), produced by FBC.[1]

He was recognized as the journalist who led the report on the Iraqgate scandal in 1991 that connected the CIA with the supply of non-U.S. origin weapons to Saddam Hussein.

Friedman's television career began in the early 1980s with regular appearances on BBC Newsnight. In 1991 he participated, with Ted Koppel of the ABC Nightline programme, in the production of a series of broadcasts by ABC/Financial Times on the scandal of the weapons sale to Iraq.[1]

He hosted the Alan Friedman Show, a peak talk show on the Sky TG24 news channel in Italy. It was dedicated to national and international economics and politics. From 1994 to 2003 Friedman was global economics correspondent of the IHT.[2]

From 2003 to 2005 he was global economy columnist for the Wall Street Journal Europe.[3] He was executive editor of World Business, a weekly global business programme produced by FBC Media and broadcast on CNBC.[4] Friedman founded and was chairman of FBC.[2] The programme was cancelled in August 2011 after it was revealed that FBC acted as a public relations firm for the government of Malaysia and carried puff pieces in the shows it produced.[5][6] FBC Media went into administration on 24 October 2011.[7]

In February 2014, his new book Ammazziamo il Gattopardo (Let's Murder the Leopard) was serialised with an excerpt in The Financial Times of London.[8]

He received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2014 and, on September 6, 2014, he was awarded the Premio Cesare Pavese, an Italian literary award, for his book Ammazziamo il Gattopardo.[9]

On December 2, Friedman received the Premio Pannunzio 2014, an Italian journalism award, with this motivation read on behalf of the Jury: “He represents a fine example of journalism in the Anglo-Saxon tradition, a journalism where facts are separated from opinions, with independent judgement in describing Italian politics, and this is very much to his credit. Friedman succeeds in putting the present into historical perspective, with objectivity and impartiality”.[10]

In June 2015 it was announced in the Italian media that Friedman would write the first authorized biography of the former Italian Prime Minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi. In a video message in the Italian newspaper La Repubblica Berlusconi explained that for many years journalists had asked him to write his biography but he had always declined. He finally decided to work with Friedman because he trusts him. Berlusconi also added: "As Steve Jobs said to his biographer: I will tell you my story. You will write what you like".[11]

Friedman's biography of Berlusconi is being published in 19 languages and in 32 countries in the United States, Europe and Asia. First publication was in October 2015 in the United States by Hachette Books (Berlusconi: The Epic Story of the Billionaire Who Took Over Italy), in the UK (My Way: Berlusconi in his own words) and in Italy by Rizzoli (My Way: BERLUSCONI si racconta a FRIEDMAN), in France by Michel-Lafon (Berlusconi se raconte a Friedman), in the Netherlands (BERLUSCONI) and subsequently in Finland, Portugal, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, Spain, China, Russia, Azerbaijan, Sweden, Turkey, and other countries.

Books

References

  1. 1 2 Authors, About Alan Friedman Radiotelevisione Italiana.
  2. 1 2 Senior Management Team, fbcmedia.com
  3. ↑ Friedman column, pressgazette.co.uk, 27 June 2003.
  4. ↑ "Alan Friedman". Bloomberg Businessweek. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  5. ↑ "CNBC drops 'World Business'". Politico. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  6. ↑ Teoh, Shannon (11 October 2011). "Putrajaya paid RM94m to FBC Media for global airtime". The Malaysian Insider. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Burrell, Ian (28 October 2011). "Ian Burrell: Surely viewers deserve better than this?". The Independent. Retrieved 31 October 2011.
  8. ↑ Friedman, Alan (10 February 2014). “Italy: Monti’s secret summer”. The Financial Times. Retrieved 28 Juin 2014.
  9. ↑ Borgogno, Cristina (4 September 2014). “Premio Pavese, dialogo in Langa fra i quattro vincitori”. La Stampa. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  10. ↑ Premio Pannunzio 2014 a Friedman delegazione Ponente Ligure. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
  11. ↑ Alan Friedman scriverà la prima biografia autorizzata di Berlusconi. Retrieved 16 June 2015.

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