Journalism

Journalism

In addition to his work as a newspaper reporter, screenwriter and novelist, David also is a contributor to national publications, among them The Atlantic, where his exposé detailing how the FBI pursued the wrong suspect in a string of anthrax murders was honored by the American Society of Magazine Editors in 2011 as a National Magazine Awards finalist in Feature Writing. He is also a contributing editor of Air & Space Smithsonian.


"The First U.S. General to Call Trump a Bigot"
The Atlantic

"California’s Camarillo Airport is Nirvana for Small Airplanes"
Air & Space Smithsonian

"We Built This City"
Air & Space Smithsonian

"Meet the Jets Competing to Become the Next Air Force Trainer"
Air& Space Smithsonian

"Vietnam, the CIA, and the World’s Fastest Aircraft"
Air & Space Smithsonian

"Cameramen in Vietnam"
Air & Space Smithsonian

"The Missile Men of North Vietnam"
Air & Space Smithsonian

"Crime Pays"
United Airlines Rhapsody magazine

Air Boomtown: Gulfstreams and Dassault Falcons crowd the skies over Williston, North Dakota.
Pacific Standard magazine

The pilots and fans dedicated to prolonging the stardom of the venerable Beech 18.
Air & Space Smithsonian

Emissary: Never send a man to do a robot's mission
Air & Space Smithsonian

California's Medical Marijuana Morass
Miller-McCune

The Wrong Man: FBI Anthrax Investigation
The Atlantic

Audio Interview with David Freed regarding FBI anthrax investigation
National Public Radio

News Analysis: LAPD Slow in Coping with Wave of Unrest: Response: But the rapidly unfolding violence might have overwhelmed any police department.
LA Times

Ride-Sharing With the Rich: How Fractional Jet Owners Get Out of Flying Coach
Air & Space Smithsonian

Crime Overloads L.A. Justice System
LA Times

Special Investigations Section: Watching Crime Happen: LAPD's Secret SIS Unit : Citizens Terrorized as Police Look On

 LA Times


Other Works

A Glimpse of Hell, Starring James Caan
IMDB

Dear Ernest and Julio,
St. Martin's Press