Judah Freed

JUDAH FREED is an award-winning author. journalist and speaker based in Colorado.

Entering journalism in 1976, he worked a decade covering Denver and Colorado for local to national publications. For the next two decades, he wrote for the top European and U.S. media trade magazines, pioneering industry coverage of the internet, interactive television and distance learning, writing a UK book on educational TV for Financial Times, presenting talks on four continents. Moving to Kauai in 2010, he edited island publication for a decade before moving home to Denver in 2020. He currently covers Colorado for a national news service.

Judah earned a 1988 double BA in communication and journalism through the University Without Walls program at Loretto Heights College (Regis). Through the Individualized MA program of Antioch University, he researched rhetoric, organizational culture and public communication.

Judah is an active member of PEN America, American Society of Journalists and Authors, The Authors Guild, Society of Professional Journalists, Colorado Authors League, (past president), Denver Press Club (past board), and the Thomas Paine National Historical Association (current board). He also represents ASJA on the national coalition steering committee for Banned Books Week.