Jeff Fager

Template:Short description Template:Infobox person Jeffrey B. Fager (born December 10, 1954) is an American television producer who is the former chairman of CBS News and former executive producer of 60 Minutes.

Biography

Fager was born in Wellesley, Massachusetts, to an Episcopalian family,<ref>Jewish Ledger: "60 Minutes: At War With The Truth" by Judie Jacobson May 15, 2013 | Then, on April 7 of this year, CBS chairman Jeff Fager spoke at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in New Canaan, where he is a member, as part of the church’s weekly program, “Abraham’s Tent: Jews, Christians and Muslims in the World Today.”</ref> the son of Margaret (née Bulkley) and Charles Anthony Fager.<ref name=MargaretObit>The Needham Times: "Margaret Fager" from March 24, 2015 | "Memorial Service will be held at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Wellesley"</ref><ref>Wellesley Patch: "In memory of Dr. Charles A. Fager" by Carol Kerbaugh April 9, 2014</ref> He graduated from Colgate University in 1977.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref> He began his career in broadcast news in Boston and joined CBS News in 1982 from San Francisco, California, CBS affiliate KPIX-TV, where he was a broadcast producer.

Fager was Executive Producer of the CBS Evening News from 1996 to 1998<ref name=":0" /> and held senior and field producer positions for that and other CBS News programs, including 60 Minutes. He left the Evening News in 1998 to become the first executive producer of 60 Minutes II.<ref name=":0" /> In June 2004, he assumed the position of Executive Producer of 60 Minutes.<ref>Hewitt Sets 60 Minutes Transition, January 27, 2003</ref>

In February 2011, it was announced that Fager would lead the news division of CBS as Chairman of CBS News, a newly created position. In tandem with the newly appointed president, David Rhodes, Fager would head CBS News while continuing to executive produce 60 Minutes.<ref>Jeffrey Fager CBS News Bio, February 28, 2011</ref>

After stepping in as Chairman of CBS News, Fager said he would "restore CBS News to where it should be, where it needs to be", using the original reporting and storytelling of 60 Minutes as a benchmark for its other news programs.<ref>CBS News: We'll Never Pay Casey Anthony, Apologize to Lance Armstrong, July 28, 2011</ref>

On January 1, 2015, Fager stepped down as chairman but continued in his executive producer role of 60 Minutes until his 2018 departure from CBS News. David Rhodes continued to serve as President of the CBS News Division.<ref>Jeff Fager Announces His Decision to Return to Role as Executive Producer of "60 Minutes" Full-Time and to Step Down From Post as Chairman of CBS News, November 20, 2014</ref>

Personal life

Fager is married to Melinda Wooster; they live in New Canaan, Connecticut,<ref name=MargaretObit /> with their three children.<ref>CBS News: "Jeffrey Fager bio" by David Kohn February 26, 2002</ref>

Termination for harassment

In 2018, nineteen existing and former CBS employees told The New Yorker that Fager allowed harassment in the news division. Six former employees also told the magazine that while inebriated at company parties, he touched employees in ways that made them uncomfortable.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Fager was ousted from CBS News on September 12, 2018.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> CBS News reported that Fager had sent a threatening text message to Jericka Duncan, one of the network's correspondents, when she sought his response to the report in The New Yorker.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The text read "Be careful, There are people who lost their jobs trying to harm me, and if you pass on these damaging claims without your own reporting to back them up, that will become a serious problem."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Awards

• 2007: Gerald Loeb Award for Television Enterprise business journalism for "The Mother of All Heists"<ref name="LOEB-2007">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2012: Paul White Award, Radio Television Digital News Association<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• 2014: Gerald Loeb Award for Personal Finance business journalism for "60 Minutes: 40 Million Mistakes"<ref name=LOEB-2014>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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