Jordan Friedman
@jmfr5.bsky.social
Writer ✍️ Based in NYC | Bylines: The History Channel, National Geographic, Smithsonian Mag, and More | Content Marketing 💻 | Fitness 🏋️♂️
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the mainstream acceptance of remote work—but the idea of “telework” dates back to the early 1970s, when USC research Jack Nilles first proposed the concept and launched his pioneering study. My latest Q&A: bigthink.com/business/rem...
Remote control: Meet “the father of telework”
Decades before COVID imposed remote work on the world, Jack Nilles pioneered WFH and championed its many benefits.
bigthink.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the mainstream acceptance of remote work—but the idea of “telework” dates back to the early 1970s, when USC research Jack Nilles first proposed the concept and launched his pioneering study. My latest Q&A: bigthink.com/business/rem...
My latest: The 1977 Hostage Standoff That Gripped Indianapolis—and the Nation www.aetv.com/articles/197... #TrueCrime
The 1977 Hostage Standoff That Gripped the Nation
A mortgage dispute escalated into a potentially deadly situation.
www.aetv.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My latest: The 1977 Hostage Standoff That Gripped Indianapolis—and the Nation www.aetv.com/articles/197... #TrueCrime
On a promotional email unsubscribe spree
~and it feels so good~
~and it feels so good~
November 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On a promotional email unsubscribe spree
~and it feels so good~
~and it feels so good~
10/10. Would recommend.
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
10/10. Would recommend.
My latest for A&E Crime + Investigation: Why the 1970s became what’s often dubbed the “golden age of serial killers” www.aetv.com/articles/the...
The 1970s Gave Rise to the American ‘Serial Killer’ Trope
John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy helped inspire the term.
www.aetv.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
My latest for A&E Crime + Investigation: Why the 1970s became what’s often dubbed the “golden age of serial killers” www.aetv.com/articles/the...
In my latest article, I explore how Theodore Roosevelt was the first White House occupant to seek control over how newspapers covered him. Read it on JSTOR Daily: daily.jstor.org/the-presiden...
The President and the Press Corps - JSTOR Daily
Theodore Roosevelt was the first White House occupant to seek control over how newspapers covered him.
daily.jstor.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In my latest article, I explore how Theodore Roosevelt was the first White House occupant to seek control over how newspapers covered him. Read it on JSTOR Daily: daily.jstor.org/the-presiden...
My latest article explores how U.S. life expectancy soared in the late 1800s. For decades, the average hovered around 40 years—largely due to high child mortality rates. As major public health innovations took hold in major cities, that number climbed rapidly. www.history.com/articles/lif...
Why People Started Living Longer in the Early 20th-Century
The period of advances was labeled the Sanitation Revolution.
www.history.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My latest article explores how U.S. life expectancy soared in the late 1800s. For decades, the average hovered around 40 years—largely due to high child mortality rates. As major public health innovations took hold in major cities, that number climbed rapidly. www.history.com/articles/lif...
Recent fall pics 🍂
October 14, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Recent fall pics 🍂
September 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
San Diego vibes ☀️ 🌴
September 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
San Diego vibes ☀️ 🌴
From Hy Brasil to El Dorado, my latest story for HISTORY dives into 8️⃣ imaginary places people once thought were real. www.history.com/articles/pha...
8 Imaginary Places People Once Thought Were Real
Legends, lies and guesswork once shaped the world’s cartography.
www.history.com
August 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
From Hy Brasil to El Dorado, my latest story for HISTORY dives into 8️⃣ imaginary places people once thought were real. www.history.com/articles/pha...
It’s pants/jacket weather. Ugh.
August 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It’s pants/jacket weather. Ugh.
My latest for HISTORY.com. I tell the story of the Radium Girls, who ingested the radioactive element at their jobs as watch dial painters in the 1920s, then sued their employer after facing severe health complications, spurring new safety reforms: www.history.com/articles/rad...
How the Radium Girls Forced Workplace Safety Reforms
They painted with radium-laced paint—and faced dire consequences.
www.history.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:59 PM
My latest for HISTORY.com. I tell the story of the Radium Girls, who ingested the radioactive element at their jobs as watch dial painters in the 1920s, then sued their employer after facing severe health complications, spurring new safety reforms: www.history.com/articles/rad...
View of Madeira from above 🌴 ☀️
July 31, 2025 at 11:15 PM
View of Madeira from above 🌴 ☀️
Recently published this article on HISTORY.com about how public schools once served as vaccine trial sites—a practice that fizzled out by the late 1900s, for many reasons. Check it out: www.history.com/articles/vac...
When Public Schools Became Vaccine Trial Sites
In the mid-20th century, schools were key sites for new vaccines.
www.history.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Recently published this article on HISTORY.com about how public schools once served as vaccine trial sites—a practice that fizzled out by the late 1900s, for many reasons. Check it out: www.history.com/articles/vac...
Somehow managed not to lose my sunglasses on a 6-day overseas trip, and then left them in the Uber home 🤦🏼♂️
July 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Somehow managed not to lose my sunglasses on a 6-day overseas trip, and then left them in the Uber home 🤦🏼♂️
And now you know. My latest: www.history.com/articles/hit...
The Rise and Decline of Hitchhiking in the US
It started as a practical way to get places, then became cool.
www.history.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
And now you know. My latest: www.history.com/articles/hit...
My latest on HISTORY: In the mid-20th century, most notably during the polio epidemic, public schools served as trial sites for novel vaccines, a practice that has long fizzled out, for many reasons www.history.com/articles/vac...
When Public Schools Became Vaccine Trial Sites
In the mid-20th century, schools were key sites for new vaccines.
www.history.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:18 AM
My latest on HISTORY: In the mid-20th century, most notably during the polio epidemic, public schools served as trial sites for novel vaccines, a practice that has long fizzled out, for many reasons www.history.com/articles/vac...
New story this week on HISTORY: How the Hunt for WWII Subs Revealed Undersea Volcanoes www.history.com/articles/und...
How WWII Mapping Revealed Underwater Volcanoes
Navy crews looking for German subs, detected undersea mountains.
www.history.com
June 6, 2025 at 5:52 PM
New story this week on HISTORY: How the Hunt for WWII Subs Revealed Undersea Volcanoes www.history.com/articles/und...