Alan Friedman
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Alan Friedman (b. April 30, 1956 in New York City) is an award-winning author, television personality, journalist and economics specialist from the United States.
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[edit] 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).
[edit] Journalistic career
Friedman's television career began in the early '80s with regular appearances on the BBC Newsnight broadcast. 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.
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.
He was recognized as the journalist who led the report on the Iraq-Gate scandal in 1991 that connected the CIA with the supply of non-U.S. origin weapons to Saddam Hussein.
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.
From 2003 to 2005 he was global economy columnist for the Wall Street Journal of Europe and executive director of World Business, a CNBC Europe peak programme.
[edit] Awards
Friedman was awarded the British Press Award four times during his 14-year career with the Financial Times.
He has been the only American journalist to have received the Medal of Honour from the Italian Parliament, in 1997.
[edit] Books
- AGNELLI and the Network of Italian Power (Harrap, New American Library, Longanesi and Planeta, 1988)
- Spider’s Web: The Secret History of How the White House Illegally Armed Iraq (Bantam, Longanesi, Faber and Faber, 1993).
