NPR's obituary circulates and colleagues share tributes online
1Sep 18 10:44 PM · 5d ago · 2 posts · 1 source · development 1 of 3
NPR's Flipboard and Mastodon accounts, along with individual journalists, shared the obituary and personal remembrances of Friedman across social platforms.
“Rose Friedman was an editor to the end. She said she wanted the second line of her obituary to acknowledge her role as a shop steward for SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents NPR's editorial workers.”
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"Rose Friedman was an editor to the end. She said she wanted the second line of her obituary to acknowledge her role as a shop steward for SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents NPR's editorial workers. She wanted the line to say that her 'proudest achievement' was helping convince NPR to increase its paid parental leave. "Not the second line but…