Jordan Friedman

Jordan Friedman

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Jordan Friedman is a New York-based freelance writer and journalist specializing in history. His bylines have appeared in National Geographic and Smithsonian magazine, and on HISTORY.com.

A split image shows a person typing on a laptop on the left and gridlocked cars on the right, set against connected nodes and letters—a visual nod to Jack Nilles, pioneer of telecommuting.
Decades before COVID imposed remote work on the world, Jack Nilles pioneered WFH and championed its many benefits.