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Name
  
Ina Fried


Role
  
Journalist

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Born
  
December 17, 1974 (age 49) (
1974-12-17
)

Occupation
  
Broadcast journalist, Writer

Notable credit(s)
  
All Things Digital, CNET Network's News.com, Orange County Business Journal, Orange County Register, Bridge News, frequent guest on National Public Radio

Title
  
Senior editor at All Things Digital

Website
  
All Things Digital's Ina Fried page

Profiles

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Ina Fried (born December 17, 1974), formerly Ian Fried, is an American journalist for Re/code. Prior to that, she was senior editor for All Things Digital and a senior staff writer for CNET Network's News.com. She is a frequent commenter on technology news on National Public Radio, local television news and for other print and broadcast outlets.

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Early life

As a child, Fried was an actor best known for her role as Rocky Jr. in the 1982 movie Rocky III and also in various television shows, including St. Elsewhere.

Professional

Fried is a personal technology writer and generally covered Microsoft related stories in the CNET blog "Beyond Binary" from 2000 to November 2010, and is currently writing for All Things Digital where she will cover the Mobile beat. Before joining CNET in 2000, Ina wrote for the Orange County Business Journal, the Orange County Register, and Bridge News. She has served as a board member, national secretary and national vice president for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA). On April 27, 2011, Ina conducted an exclusive interview with CEO Steve Jobs and other Apple executives about the iPhone location tracking controversy.

Awards and honors

Upon retirement from the NLGJA National Board at the 2008 NLGJA national convention in Washington, DC, Fried was honored with both a Distinguished Service Award and a Women's Distinguished Service Award.

Journalism awards:

  • Three-time winner of NewsBios/TJFR award: NewsBios/TJFR "30 Most Influential Business Journalists Under 30."
  • Western Publications Association for Outstanding Editorial Content's Maggie Award.
  • Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) Excellence in Journalism Award Winner: 2005 Breaking News (shared), 2005 Feature Writing.
  • Society of Professional Journalists' 2003 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism: Deadline Reporting (Independent): Ina Fried, CNET News, (shared) for reporting about vulnerable technology and how the MSBlast virus spread.

    • Fried was featured in Advocate magazine's 2014 list of The 50 Most Influential LGBT People in Media.

    Personal

    Prior to June 2003, Fried signed articles "Ian Fried". At that point, she transitioned from male to female and began using the byline "Ina Fried".

    References

    Ina Fried Wikipedia
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