Stefan Friedman
Stefan Friedman is President of Strategic Communications and Public Relations for KnickerbockerSKD. After spending eight years at the New York Post as a political columnist, campaign correspondent and editorial writer, he came to Knickerbocker in 2006. Since then, he has rapidly grown our PR business, servicing dozens of clients in the healthcare, education and real-estate sectors.
Public Relations Success
In just more than three years at the firm, he has placed stories across the country in outlets including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, Newark Star Ledger, New York Post, New York Daily News, and countless others.
He maintains relationships from his journalistic past with numerous reporters across all sectors and can tap into these relationships to quickly place stories, deliver off the record intelligence and keep a close eye on the news of the day.
At KnickerbockerSKD, Stefan puts his deep experience as a working journalist to work for corporate and non-profit clients including St. Vincent's Hospital, The New York City Charter Center, The New York State Health Foundation, the Primary Care Development Corporation, Tavern on the Green and the law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. He specializes in helping organizations manage complex public relations challenges, both short- and long-term.
Background in Journalism
At the Post, in addition to serving as a member of the Editorial Board, Stefan broke numerous high-profile stories, from allegations of sexual harassment against New Jersey governor Jim McGreevey, to Attorney General Eliot Spitzer's decision to investigate the New York's controversial Independence Party on charges of child abuse, to cutting-edge security measures taken to secure New York during the Republican National Convention. He provided lead coverage of Ronald Reagan's death, terrorist threats made against Jewish areas of Brooklyn and Mayor Bloomberg's re-election campaign. He was the Post's lead reporter on Sen. John Kerry's 2004 presidential race before returning home to write a twice-weekly column on the 2005 citywide elections that was picked up across the country.