Editorial Freelancers Association
Member Profile
Fred Yager
Fred Yager
An award-winning writer, editor, ghostwriter, experienced in developing provocative and exciting content for all media, from streaming online digital, to print publications, as well as radio and television networks and marketing collateral. I’ve held fulltime positions as Managing Editor for Associated Press Television and Morgan Stanley Today, authored four non-fiction and nine fiction books, over a dozen screenplays (several have been optioned), ghostwritten books for executives, broadcast news writer/producer for CBS News and Fox Television. As a freelancer, I’ve written 100s of articles in the finance and entertainment sectors. A former Film Critic for the Associated Press. I’ve also written for corporate communications and crisis communications departments of Fortune 500 companies.
I began my writing career as an imbedded journalist and war correspondent in Vietnam for the Department of Defense, followed by 13 years at the Associated Press. I left the AP to work for Aaron Russo Productions as a screenwriter, followed by Broadcast News Writer positions at CBS and Fox. I’m a graduate of the Defense Information School for Journalism and Broadcasting, I have a BA in Psychology from City College of New York, and a Certificate in Film production from NYU.
1531 W. Lemon Street
Apt. 3305
Tampa, FL 33606
US
Email: fyagerpr@gmail.com
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Years in the field: 35
Years freelancing: 12
Fred Yager
An award-winning writer, editor, ghostwriter, experienced in developing provocative and exciting content for all media, from streaming online digital, to print publications, as well as radio and television networks and marketing collateral. I’ve held fulltime positions as Managing Editor for Associated Press Television and Morgan Stanley Today, authored four non-fiction and nine fiction books, over a dozen screenplays (several have been optioned), ghostwritten books for executives, broadcast news writer/producer for CBS News and Fox Television. As a freelancer, I’ve written 100s of articles in the finance and entertainment sectors. A former Film Critic for the Associated Press. I’ve also written for corporate communications and crisis communications departments of Fortune 500 companies.
I began my writing career as an imbedded journalist and war correspondent in Vietnam for the Department of Defense, followed by 13 years at the Associated Press. I left the AP to work for Aaron Russo Productions as a screenwriter, followed by Broadcast News Writer positions at CBS and Fox. I’m a graduate of the Defense Information School for Journalism and Broadcasting, I have a BA in Psychology from City College of New York, and a Certificate in Film production from NYU.
