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Freedoms and prisons on Pennsylvania Avenue | Shelby Coffey III | TEDxPennsylvaniaAvenue

650 views · Published 13 July 2015 · 7:18 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2015 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Did you know that journalists are still being interrogated, imprisoned, and even killed around the world for expressing their views in public forums like The Daily Show? Shelby Coffey III, Vice Chairman of the Newseum and former Editor of the Los Angeles Times, shares his unique perspective on the importance of freedom of speech in the United States and around the world. He also describes how the Newseum is continuing to champion the five freedoms of the First Amendment each and every day. 

Shelby Coffey III is currently Vice Chairman of the Newseum. He was Editor and Executive Vice President of the Los Angeles Times from 1989 to 1997 and was named Editor of the Year by the National Press Foundation in 1995. He was President of CNN Business News and CNNfn, the financial network, from 1999 to 2001. Previously he was Executive Vice President of ABC News. Coffey began his journalism career at The Washington Post as a sports reporter and held a variety of editorial positions there over the next 17 years. Prior to joining the Times, Coffey was Editor of U.S. News & World Report and the Dallas Times Herald.  He is a member of Council on Foreign Relations and on the Board of Directors of Oxford Analytica, the international consulting firm.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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