Jeff Jarvis' Profile
Blogger, Assoc. Prof., columnist, Buzzmachine, CUNY, Guardian
New York
- My Sites: Buzzmachine, Guardian
Bio
Jeff Jarvis blogs about media and news at Buzzmachine.com. He is associate professor and director of the interactive journalism program at the City University of New York’s new Graduate School of Journalism. He writes a new media column for the Guardian. He is consulting editor of Daylife, a news startup. He consults for media companies including the Guardian, Sky.com, Burda, and Advance. Until 2005, he was president and creative director of Advance.net, the online arm of Advance Publications. Prior to that, Jarvis was creator and founding editor of Entertainment Weekly; Sunday editor and associate publisher of the New York Daily News; TV critic for TV Guide and People; a columnist on the San Francisco Examiner; assistant city editor and reporter for the Chicago Tribune; reporter for Chicago Today. He says he is at work on a book.
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Recent Experience
- President & creative director for Advance.net
- TV critic for TV Guide
- Sunday editor, associate publisher for New York Daily News
- Creator & founding managing editor for Entertainment Weekly
- TV critic, associate editor for People
- Columnist for San Francisco Examiner
- Assistant city editor for Chicago Tribune
- Reporter, rewriteman for Chicago Today
Experience
| Company: | City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism |
| Title: | Associate professor and director of interactive journalism |
| Dates: | November 2005 to Present |
| Company: | Daylife |
| Title: | Consulting editor |
| Dates: | November 2004 to Present |
| Company: | Advance.net |
| Title: | President & creative director |
| Dates: | November 1993 to November 2004 |
| Company: | TV Guide |
| Title: | TV critic |
| Dates: | November 1990 to November 1996 |
| Company: | New York Daily News |
| Title: | Sunday editor, associate publisher |
| Dates: | November 1989 to November 1990 |
| Company: | Entertainment Weekly |
| Title: | Creator & founding managing editor |
| Dates: | November 1987 to November 1989 |
| Company: | People |
| Title: | TV critic, associate editor |
| Dates: | November 1980 to November 1988 |
| Company: | San Francisco Examiner |
| Title: | Columnist |
| Dates: | November 1976 to November 1980 |
| Company: | Chicago Tribune |
| Title: | Assistant city editor |
| Dates: | November 1973 to November 1976 |
| Company: | Chicago Today |
| Title: | Reporter, rewriteman |
| Dates: | November 1972 to November 1973 |
Education & Professional Development
School
Course of Study
Completed
| Northwestern Medill School of Journalism | BSJ | November 1973 |
| Claremont McKenna (Men\'s) College | transferred to Northwestern | November 1971 |