David Freeman (journalist)
David W. Freeman is Editorial Director of NBC News Mach, which AdWeek described pre-launch as 'a new tech, science and innovation vertical'.Career
Freeman earned a bachelor's degree in English and Journalism from Yale University in 1981. Since November 2016, Freeman has been Editorial Director, MACH at NBCNews.com in New York City. Before that he had worked for Huffington Post as Senior Science Editor, Managing Editor of CBS Interactive's Health Channel, as a writer for WebMD, as freelance writer/editor for New Hope Media, as editorial team manager for consumer magazines, Adoptive Families and ADDitude Magazine, and as Editorial Director for Boardroom, Inc..
He has won several awards and fellowships for his work, including 2017 AACR June L. Biedler Prize for Cancer Journalism from the American Association for Cancer Research. In Spring 2017, Freeman was named a Harvard Medical School Media Fellow for scientific and biomedical research writing.
