Jacob H. Fries

{{short description|American journalist (bor 1978)}}

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Jacob H. Fries (born 1978) is an American journalist whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, the St. Petersburg Times, The Seattle Times, and The Pacific Northwest Inlander, among other publications.{{cite web|url=http://www.inlander.com/spokane/by-author-293-1.html |title=Bio at The Pacific Northwest Inlander |publisher=Inlander.com |date= |accessdate=2020-12-15}} His articles are usually on the topics of law and criminality. In 2006, he spent 48 hours locked up with inmates at an overcrowded county jail in Pinellas County, Florida, producing a special report[http://www.sptimes.com/2007/01/14/Tampabay/Burden_on_the_block.shtml "Burden on the Block" special report] for the St. Petersburg Times, which won a Green Eyeshade Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.greeneyeshade.org/past-winners/2007-winners/ |title=2007 Green Eyeshade Award Winner |publisher=Greeneyeshade.org |date=2020-07-02 |accessdate=2020-12-15}} An article{{cite web|author=Jacob H. Fries |url=http://www.inlander.com/spokane/article-15107-wasteland.html |title=Article on Todd Carmichael |publisher=Inlander.com |date= |accessdate=2020-12-15}} he wrote on Todd Carmichael, who set a world record trekking across Antarctica, was excerpted in [http://theweek.com/article/index/93733/the-last-word-solo-to-the-south-pole The Week]. He was named{{cite web|url=http://www.altweeklies.com/aan/pacific-northwest-inlander-names-jacob-fries-as-editor/Article?oid=6307519 |title=Named editor of the Pacific Northwest Inlander |publisher=Altweeklies.com |date= |accessdate=2020-12-15}} editor of the Pacific Northwest Inlander in 2012.

He was newly announced as editor of InvestigateWest on Sept. 23, 2021. {{Cite web|url=https://www.invw.org/2021/09/23/investigatewest-announces-the-appointment-of-jacob-fries-as-its-executive-director/|title = InvestigateWest announces the appointment of Jacob Fries as its Executive Director|date = 23 September 2021}}