SMCNC Press Release: Jeff Fager 08.19.11
Jeff Fager, Chairman, CBS News, Executive Producer, 60 MINUTES, will be the featured speaker at the Friday, August 19th meeting of the Senior Men's Club at 10 AM at St. Mark's Church. Jeff will be speaking about the success of serious reporting on 60 Minutes in a time when tabloid journalism is so prevalent.
Jeff Fager became the first chairman of CBS News in February 2011, after re-shaping its flagship broadcast, 60 MINUTES, into an editorially more vibrant and news-conscious program that regularly makes Nielsen's Top 10 and wins unprecedented amounts of awards. His efforts to improve the hit program online have also made the 60 MINUTES brand a hit on the Internet and the model of successful electronic journalism in the digital age. In his new role, he continues to oversee 60 MINUTES, while executing his plan to transfer that success to all of the news division's platforms, on television, radio and the Internet.
Fager comes to the chairman's position with more than 30 years of experience at every stage of the electronic news business, including 15 years at the executive producer level. Fager led the CBS broadcast's highly praised rededication to hard news, enterprise reporting and increased foreign coverage. For his work, the Producers Guild of America voted him best producer in non-fiction television four times and TV Week named him to its top 10 list of most powerful television news executives. Mr.Fager, a New Canaan resident, was born in Wellesley, Mass. He was graduated from Colgate University in 1977 with a B.A. degree in English.
The Senior Men's Club of New Canaan is open for membership applications. Applicants are especially welcome to attend this meeting. Visit www.smcnc.org for more information or call Membership Chairman Jerry Transue at 203 966-6050.
