Editing Jeff Probst (section)

==Early life==
Probst was born at [[Wesley Medical Center]] in [[Wichita, Kansas]], the oldest of three sons to Jerry and Barbara Probst.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Silcox |first=Beth |date=2023-02-12 |title=Jeff Probst: A Survivor's Perspective on Life's Adventure |url=https://www.success.com/jeff-probst-a-survivors-perspective-on-lifes-adventure/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=SUCCESS |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranker |first=Luke |title=Distinguished Kansan: 'Survivor' host attributes success to Kansas upbringing |url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/entertainment/local/2016/12/31/distinguished-kansan-survivor-host-attributes-success-kansas-upbringing/16561785007/ |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=The Topeka Capital-Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> His family moved to [[Bellevue, Washington]], when Probst was 15 years old.<ref name="ArchiveInterview">{{Cite web |title=Jeff Probst Interview |url=http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jeff-probst |access-date=March 23, 2014 |website=Archive of American Television}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> After graduating from [[Newport High School (Bellevue, Washington)|Newport High School]] in 1979, Probst attended [[Seattle Pacific University]] but left before graduating to pursue a career in television.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Autumn 2000 Online Response: Castaway |url=https://spu.edu/depts/uc/response/fall2k/castaway.html |access-date=2024-03-17 |website=spu.edu}}</ref> Soon after leaving college, he began working at [[Boeing]] Motion Picture/Television studio as a producer and later narrator of [[marketing]] and training videos.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Carley |first=Brennan |date=2021-09-18 |title=Jeff Probst Is the Ultimate 'Survivor' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/style/jeff-probst-survivor.html |access-date=2024-03-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>