Ina Fried

Ina Fried (born December 17, 1974), formerly Ian Fried, is an American journalist for Axios. Prior to that, she was senior editor for All Things Digital, a senior staff writer for CNET Network's News.com,^[1][2] and worked for Re/code. She is a frequent commenter on technology news on National Public Radio, local television news and for other print and broadcast outlets.^[3]

Ina Fried
Ina Fried in 2024
Born	(1974-12-17) December 17, 1974 (age 49)
Occupation(s)	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	Chief technology correspondent at Axios
Website	All Things Digital's Ina Fried page

Early life

Fried, as a child actor was best known for her role as Rocky's son, Rocky Jr., in the 1982 movie Rocky III and also as the voice of the character Timothy in the 1982 movie The Secret of NIMH. After that she mainly appeared in guest roles portraying young boys on various television series including Cagney and Lacey, Silver Spoons, V, Alice, Diff'rent Strokes, Newhart, The Wonder Years, and a recurring role on St. Elsewhere.^[4][5]

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, Fried 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).^[6] On April 27, 2011, Fried conducted an exclusive interview with CEO Steve Jobs and other Apple executives about the iPhone location tracking controversy.^[7] She now writes for Axios.^[8]

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.^[9]

Journalism awards:

• Three-time winner of NewsBios/TJFR award: NewsBios/TJFR "30 Most Influential Business Journalists Under 30."^[10][11][12]
• Western Publications Association for Outstanding Editorial Content's Maggie Award.^[13][14]
• Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) Excellence in Journalism Award Winner: 2005 Breaking News (shared), 2005 Feature Writing.^[15][16]
• 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.^[17]

Fried was featured in Advocate magazine's 2014 and 2017 lists of The 50 Most Influential LGBT People in Media.^[18][19]

Personal

Prior to June 2003, Fried signed articles "Ian Fried".^[3][6] At that point, she transitioned from male to female and began using the byline "Ina Fried".

References

1. "About Us: Who we are and what we do". Archived from the original on June 5, 2008. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
2. Rick Reiff. "OC Insider". AllBusiness.com. Archived from the original on May 15, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
3. Will O'Bryan (August 21, 2008). "Ina Fried: Senior Writer, CNET News". Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
4. ""IMDb entry for Ian Fried (I)"". IMDb. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
5. "The 'Rocky' franchise: Where Are They Now?". NY Daily News. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
6. "About NLGJA: Meet the Executive Committee". Archived from the original on July 7, 2007. Retrieved July 2, 2007.
7. "Q&A: Jobs and Apple Execs on Tracking Down the Facts About iPhones and Location". April 27, 2011. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
8. "Ina Fried". Axios. Archived from the original on January 15, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
9. "NLGJA Goes to Washington". Archived from the original on August 23, 2008. Retrieved August 23, 2008.
10. "Past NewsBios/TJFR 30 Most 30 Under 30". Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
11. "CNET News.com Wins Prestigious Honors from Two National Journalism Organizations; Site Honored With Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award". HighBeam Research. April 30, 2002. Retrieved September 28, 2008.^{[dead link]}
12. "CNET reporters named most influential business journalists". Archived from the original on November 4, 2006. Retrieved April 30, 2001.
13. "CNET Wins Four 'Maggie Awards' From the Western Publications Association for Outstanding Editorial Content". Allbusiness.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2006.
14. "CNET Wins Four Maggie Awards From the Western Publications Association for Outstanding Editorial Content". Find Articles. April 27, 2006. Archived from the original on January 22, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
15. "SDX award for deadline reporting". Archived from the original on January 23, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
16. "Society of Professional Journalists (Northern California Chapter) Excellence in Journalism Award Winners". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved September 28, 2008.
17. "SPJ Announces Recipients of 2003 Sigma Delta Chi Awards". Archived from the original on January 22, 2009. Retrieved September 29, 2008.
18. "The 50 Most Influential LGBT People in Media". Archived from the original on December 29, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
19. "50 Most Influential LGBTs in Media". The Advocate. August 16, 2017. Archived from the original on March 11, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2018.

External links

• Ina Fried at IMDb
• Mobilized Ina Fried's column at All Things D
• Beyond Binary Ina Fried's column at CNET