Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan kammala karatun koleji a 2015, Friedman ya fara aiki a "Jaridar Statesman", a Salem. A shekara ta 2016, labarinsa game da rikicin Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
don "Amurka A yau" da kuma bincike kan rashin da'a na jami'in a kurkukun Oregon ya sa ya sami lambar yabo ta Rookie of the Year daga kungiyar 'yan jarida masu sana'a, Oregon Territory Chapter. A cikin 2016 an ɗauke shi aiki da "The Oregonian" a matsayin mai ba da rahoto na ofishin babban birnin jihar. Daga baya ya koma ya rufe Portland City Hall.