Freedman was raised in Los Angeles by his parents, Alicia Krug Freedman, a Broadway performer, and Mike Freedman, who worked as a director, producer, and cameraman for ABC for 42 years.[1][2][3][4]
Freedman is the author of a book, It Takes More Than Good Looks To Succeed In Television Reporting, first published in 2003.[2] In a 2005 review for Journalism & Mass Communication Educator, Lee Hood writes, "Freedman, one of the pre-eminent feature reporters in the country, effectively weaves examples from more than a quarter century of experience in local news (he is now at KGO in San Francisco) and network news (CBS) to illustrate important points about the art of television news reporting."[9] In 2011, his book had been assigned in courses at 50 universities.[2]
Freedman also wrote articles for the Golf Writers Association of America and wrote for the Northern California Golf Guide at KGO-TV.[6]
In 2021, he announced his retirement from KGO-TV.[3]
In 1999, Freedman was featured in the short documentary Wayne Freedman's Notebook by Aaron Lubarsky. In a review for the Chicago Tribune, Steve Johnson writes, "At less than 30 minutes, "Wayne Freedman's Notebook" only suggests what it might have been, an in-depth profile of a haunted but admirable figure and a damning portrait of local TV news painted from an unusual perspective. But it is a vivid and worthwhile illumination of one man with a soul trying to survive within the strictures of a limiting medium."[11]
Personal life
He lives in Marin County, California. In 2021, he said he plans to move to North Carolina with his wife.[3]
^Hood, Lee (Spring 2005). "Writing Right For Broadcast and Internet News/It Takes More Than Good Looks To Succeed At Television News Reporting". Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. 60 (1). Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication: 85–87 – via ProQuest.
