Jeff Jarvis

Jeff Jarvis is a national leader in the development of online news, blogging, the investigation of new business models for news, and the teaching of entrepreneurial journalism. He writes an influential media blog, Buzzmachine.com. Jarvis is also the Director of the Tow-Knight Center for Entrepreneurial Journalism and The Leonard Tow Professor of Journalism Innovation at the City University of New York's (CUNY) Newmark School of Journalism.

He is author of the several books including 2014's “Geeks Bearing Gifts: Imagining New Futures for News," 2011's “Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live," and 2009's “What Would Google Do?."

He has consulted for media companies including The Guardian, Digital First Media, Postmedia, Sky.com, Burda, Advance Publications, and The New York Times company at About.com.

Prior to joining the Newmark School of Journalism, Jarvis was president of Advance.net, the online arm of Advance Publications, which includes Condé Nast magazines and newspapers across America.

He was the creator and founding managing editor of Entertainment Weekly magazine and has worked as a columnist, associate publisher, editor, and writer for a number of publications, including TV Guide, People, the San Francisco Examiner, the Chicago Tribune, and the New York Daily News.

His freelance articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines across the country, including the Guardian, The New York Times, the New York Post, The Nation, Rolling Stone, and BusinessWeek.

Jarvis holds a B.S.J. from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. He was named one of the 100 most influential media leaders by the World Economic Forum at Davos.

A frequent lecturer, Jarvis has spoken at a number of industry events including the National Association of Broadcasters, the Radio-Television News Directors Association, the Online News Association, and the Public Radio News Directors Association.