Jonathan Freedman (born April 11, 1950)[1] is an American journalist, writer, and social activist who won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing.
[2] Freedman was born in Rochester, Minnesota, where his father finished his residency at Mayo Clinic.
[3] The family relocated to Denver, and Freedman graduated from George Washington High School in 1968.
[1][4] He began his journalism career as a reporter for the Associated Press in Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro during 1974–75.
[1][5] His series of editorials, which lasted for six years, was instrumental in the passing of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, the first major immigration reform act in 34 years, which granted legalization to over two million people.