Daniel Freed

Appearing Courtesy of Steve Alley

Daniel Freed is a non-fiction TV producer and writer with nearly 20 years of experience covering a wide variety of topics across multiple platforms. Freed works for Kurtis Productions, writing and producing episodes of CNBC's long-running financial-crime documentary series, American Greed.

Prior to his work on "American Greed" and other CNBC long-form projects, Freed was supervising producer of infoMania, a half-hour weekly program airing on Current TV. A former print journalist, Freed's work has appeared in papers ranging from The Los Angeles Times to the Point Reyes Light. 

Along with Jeff Testerman, Freed wrote "Call Me Commander: A Former Intelligence Officer and the Journalists Who Uncovered His Scheme to Fleece America."

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Commander or Con?

In their newly published book, "Call Me Commander," investigative reporter Jeff Testerman and broadcast journalist Daniel Freed unravel one of the more provocative cons in U.S. history: the U.S. Navy Veterans Assn -- committed by a Harvard Law School grad and former U.S. Army intelligence officer. They will compare notes with former investigative reporter Matthew Schwartz.

Friends of the Festival Stage (Seats 1000)
Sun, Mar 7, 2021, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
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Panelists: Daniel Freed, Jeff Testerman
Moderator: Matthew Schwartz