Jennifer Frey
Jennifer Frey | |
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Born | St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America |
Died | Washington, United States of America |
Occupation | Journalist |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Genre | Sports |
Years active | (1992–2016) |
Jennifer Marie Frey.[1] (1968–2016) was an American sportswriter.
Frey grew up in western New York, the child of a professor and a schoolteacher. She attended Allegany Central School and as a sophomore began interning for the Olean Times Herald.[1] She went to college at Harvard University.[2]
After college, Frey interned at the Detroit Free Press, then the Miami Herald. She went on to write for the Philadelphia Daily News and the New York Times. In 1995, she joined the Washington Post, writing for the sports page, then the style section.[3] Writing of Frey in 1997, David Carr called her "a certified prodigy who can do it all: X's and O's, empathetic profiles, and hard takedowns when the situation requires it."[4]
A single mother, Frey had one daughter.[1] Frey was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.[1]
Frey died of organ failure due to alcoholism on March 26, 2016.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Pollock, Chuck (October 29, 2016). "Deadspin's story on Frey's death sensitively written". Olean Times Herald. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b McKenna, Dave (October 27, 2016). "The Writer Who Was Too Strong To Live". Deadspin. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ Langer, Emily (March 28, 2016). "Jennifer Frey, former writer for The Post's Sports and Style pages, dies at 47". Washington Post. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ Carr, David (October 17, 1997). "Blood Sport". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
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