- Steve Friess
Infobox Writer
name = Steve Friess
birth_place = Long Island, New York
occupation = Journalist
nationality = American
website = [http://www.stevefriess.com]
Publications=USA Today ,New York Times ,Newsweek ,LA Times Steve Friess (dob 10/16/72) is an American freelance journalist, blogger and podcaster based in Las Vegas whose work appears regularly in the New York Times, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times and others.
He was among the first U.S. journalists to profile future NBA basketball star Yao Ming. [1]
Friess is co-host of two podcasts, the weekly celebrity-interview podcast “The Strip” and the twice-weekly animal-affairs program, “The Petcast.” He was named Vegas Person of the Year in 2007 by VegasTripping.Com. [2]
References
[1] [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nba/stories/2001-04-04-yao.htm Yao Ming Article]
[2] [http://www.vegastripping.com/trippies2007/editors/personoftheyear Person of The Year]
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