Emanuel Ralph Freedman (December 2, 1910 – January 27, 1971) was an American journalist. He was the foreign editor of ''

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'' for 16 years and then an assistant managing editor. He was known for his fieldwork in the 1950s on the

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, the

Hungarian Uprising of 1956 The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (23 October – 4 November 1956; ), also known as the Hungarian Uprising, was an attempted countrywide revolution against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic (1949–1989) and the policies caused by ...

, the 1954 Geneva conference on Indochina, and the

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Education

Freedman graduated from William Penn High School in 1927. He obtained his degree from

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Career

Freedman began his career at The New York Times as a copy editor. He eventually worked his way up to become a deskman for the

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bureau, then to assistant foreign editor, foreign editor, and finally as one of four assistant managing editors. During his time as an assistant managing editor, he was responsible for hiring foreign correspondents.

Family

Freedman was married to Eva Bermant. After Freedman's death, Eva and her second husband Tobias Bermant, endowed a scholarship under Freedman's name. His daughter,

Alix M. Freedman Alix Marian Freedman (born November 25, 1957, in New York City) is an American journalist, and ethics editor at Thomson Reuters. Freedman was raised in New York City, where she attended the Chapin School before graduating from Phillips Exeter Ac ...

, is also a journalist.

References

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