Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. has covered the military and homeland security for National Journal since November 1997, writing on subjects as diverse as veterans' benefits, nuclear terrorism, military computer networks, and regional tensions between Pakistan and India.
He wrote his first article about what became known as "homeland security" in 1998, his first article about what became known as "military transformation" in 1999, and his first article about "asymmetrical warfare" in 2000. Since 2004, he has been conducting in-depth interviews with military personnel about their experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq for a series of stories that combine oral history with policy analysis. One piece in this series, his January 2007 cover story on Marine Corporal Jason Dunham and other servicemembers decorated for valor, won the Atlantic Media Company's internal award for "best story of the year" across all of the company's seven periodical publications.
Before joining National Journal, Sydney Freedberg worked for the late Michael Kelly at The New Republic. He earned a bachelor's degree, summa cum laude, from Harvard University and a master's from Cambridge University (United Kingdom), both in modern European history. He is the son of the late Sydney J. Freedberg Sr., a World War II veteran and historian of Italian Renaissance painting.
Sydney Freedberg lives in Washington, DC with his wife, whom he met while they were both working at National Journal, and their daughter, who loves to sing and dance, especially when it is long past time for bed.
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