Lex Coleman

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Lex Coleman (Lester K. Coleman) is a professor, award winning journalist, former foreign radio and television correspondent, and author. He attended the American University, Beirut, and the Marion Military Institute, graduating with a B.A.Degree in Political Science from Jacksonville University. He did graduate work at Gothenborg University, Sweden, and received a Masters degree from Auburn University. Dr. Coleman holds a Doctorate of Arts in Mass Communications from La Rochville University, (Université de La Rochville) in conjunction with SUNY & City University, NY. He also holds an Honorary Ph.D from Columbia University, NY. Dr. Coleman is the Developer of Audiophonic Visual Isolation ( AVI ), a process to improve individual speech. AVI has been adopted by Federal, State, and Local government agencies in the USA, and by several major corporations worldwide.

He began his journalism career with United Press International (UPI) in Alabama and North Carolina. He moved into broadcast news and was propelled into the national limelight, breaking the story that Alabama Governor, George C. Wallace's wife tapped the governors bedroom telephone. The story won him the Edward R. Murrow Award. He won his first Emmy for exposing the fraud behind the Boston Greenline trolly cars for WBZ TV. He was RKO's first White House correspondent covering the presidencies of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. He was a senior producer for Jack Anderson Confidential. Coleman went on to co-produce segments for 20/20 and 60 Minutes. He moved to CBS foreign desk, covering the Hajj in Saudi Arabia and the civil war in Lebanon. Later he won the overseas press club award and a second Emmy for his contribution to exposing the plight of farmers caught in the Lebanese drug trade for NBC News. He worked with ABC News in London with European Bureau Chief, Pierre Salinger in the late 1980's. He was slightly wounded in Lebanon in 1989, forcing him to leave active reporting. In 1993 he co-authored a book with noted crime writer, Donald Goddard, Trail of the Octopus, a biography about his late twin brother, Lester Coleman,(1943-2007), a former U.S.intelligence agent turned Whistle Blower. He subsequently served as Director of Public Affairs for the Boys Scouts of America, and a similar position at the American University in Cairo. Currently Dr. Coleman is a Professor of Mass Communications and Chair of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, American University of Technology, Halat - Byblos, Lebanon.

[edit] Books

  • Squeal Behind the New England Mafia, Spoonwood Press.
  • Trail of the Octopus, The Untold Story of Pan Am 103.
  • The Vanity of Lex, A Memoir, Publication date, Sept 2008.

[edit] Documentaries

  • A Matter of Fraud, A Question of Ethics, Harte-Hankes Broadcasting, Writer, Producer.
  • Right Track, Wrong Trolley, Westinghouse Television, Reporter, Producer.
  • The Ethal Donahue Affair, Post-Newsweek Television, Reporter, Producer
  • The Lebanese Connection, NBC News, Writer, co-producer.
  • The Maltese Double Cross, TV4 United Kingdom, Contributing writer, producer.

[edit] Honors & Awards

  • Emmy Award: Right Track Wrong Trolley, WBZ TV, Boston
  • Emmy Award: The Lebanese Connection, NBC News, London
  • OverSeas Press Club Award, The Lebanese Connection, NBC News
  • Edward R. Murrow Award, The Wallace Tapes, WSGN Birmingham, Al
  • The Society of Professional Journalists Award for Public Service