Jeff Burger
| Jeff Burger | |
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| Born | Jeffrey Allen Burger July 10, 1949 Queens, New York, U.S. |
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| 📆 Years active | 1972–present |
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| 👶 Children | Andre Burger, Myriam Burger |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) | Chester Burger, Hannah Kaufman |
| 🌐 Website | byjeffburger.com |
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Jeff Burger is an American journalist and author.
Biography[edit]
Jeff Burger was born in Queens, New York, on July 10, 1949. [1]. His father, Chester Burger, who died in 2011, was the first television news reporter in the U.S. and was the national news manager at the CBS-TV network [2][3][4] before he launched Chester Burger & Co., Inc.[1], the nation's first communication management consulting firm, in 1964[2]. Chester Burger wrote such business books as Survival in the Executive Jungle. Jeff Burger's mother, Hannah, a speech pathologist[3], died in 2002.
Career[edit]
Burger received a B.A. degree in English from the State University of New York at Albany, summa cum laude, in 1971 [1]. He was managing editor and then editor of Phoenix magazine, a city magazine in Arizona, from 1980 to 1984[4]. He held various positions at Medical Economics magazine from 1987 to 2001, including senior editor, financial editor, director of special projects, and electronic-publishing editor [1]. He has been at Business Jet Traveler magazine, where he serves as editor, since 2004[5]. The magazine won a Folio: award for Best Full Issue of a Consumer Travel Magazine in 2020[6] and has been a finalist five times for Magazine of the Year in an annual competition conducted by the American Society of Business Publication Editors[7]. Burger won a Gold Wing Award for Journalism Excellence in 2011 from the National Business Aviation Association."[8] His freelance work has appeared in such publications as the Los Angeles Times [6], Family Circle [7], GQ [8], and Reader's Digest [9]. His interview subjects have included Steve Van Zandt[9], Donald Trump[10], and Sir Richard Branson[11]
Chicago Review Press has published four of Burger's books. Springsteen on Springsteen: Interviews, Speeches, and Encounters (2013) was reviewed by such publications as Publisher's Weekly and New York's Village Voice [12], which interviewed Burger about the book. Burger's second book, Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen: Interviews and Encounters (2014), was the subject of a feature in Parade magazine [13] and received notice in Vanity Fair [5] and Publisher's Weekly.[14] His third book, Lennon on Lennon: Conversations with John Lennon (2016)[15], was the subject of an episode of PBS-TV's One on One with Steve Adubato[16]. His fourth book, Dylan on Dylan: Interviews and Encounters (2018), was cited in the New Yorker[17] and named one of the six best books of 2018 [18] by Cass Sunstein in Bloomberg.
Personal Life[edit]
Burger has been married since 1994 to Madeleine Beresford[3], a puppeteer[19], writer[20], and retired preschool director[21]. They live in Ridgewood, New Jersey, and have two children.
Souces:
[1] Who’s Who in the Media and Communications (Marquis, 1998-99) [2] The Box: An Oral History of Television, by Jeff Kisseloff (Viking, 1995) [3] “Chester Burger,” by Cathy Gay, The Century Yearbook 2012, (The Century Association, New York, 2012) [4] Who's Who in America (Marquis, 2005) [5] 'Night-table Reading," by Bella Freud, Vanity Fair, September 2014 [6] “Finding Quality in Variety Where Phoenix Dines,” by Jeff Burger, Los Angeles Times, Sept. 9, 1984 [7] “A Father’s Diary,” by Jeff Burger, Family Circle, June 2005 [8] “Arizona,” by Jeff Burger, GQ, August 1983 [9] “Secret Warranty,” by Jeff Burger, Reader’s Digest, May 1989
External links[edit]
- ↑ "Pioneer — Chet Burger". The Museum of Public Relations. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ↑ "Chester Burger Scholarship for Excellence in Public Relations". www.prsafoundation.org. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "WEDDINGS (Published 1994)". The New York Times. 1994-05-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ↑ https://www.phoenixmag.com/2016/03/01/staff-from-the-past/
- ↑ "Business Jet Traveler Names New Editors". Business Jet Traveler. January 27, 2011.
- ↑ "Business Jet Traveler, Business Jet Traveler - 2020 Eddie and Ozzie Awards Winners". Folio.
- ↑ https://asbpe.org/asbpe-awards/past-honorees/
- ↑ "Gold Wing Award for Journalism Excellence". NBAA - National Business Aviation Association. May 20, 2019.
- ↑ "Little Steven's Big Life: An Interview with Springsteen Guitarist & 'Sopranos' Star Stevie Van Zandt". Business Jet Traveler. November 23, 2019.
- ↑ "Donald Trump". Business Jet Traveler. June 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Sir Richard Branson". Business Jet Traveler. June 18, 2008.
- ↑ https://www.villagevoice.com/2014/04/29/bruce-springsteens-biographer-on-the-boss-10-most-pivotal-moments/
- ↑ Nguyen, Vi-An (November 10, 2014). "Remembering Leonard Cohen: 12 of Cohen's Most Fascinating Quotes". Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays.
- ↑ http://www.publishersweekly.com:8080/978-1-61374-758-2
- ↑ Media, Jacqueline Cutler | For NJ Advance (October 30, 2016). "In his own write: 'Lennon on Lennon'". nj.
- ↑ "Anthology of John Lennon Interviews Offers Intimate Look at Icon". steveadubato.org.
- ↑ Slate, Jeff. "Bob Dylan's First Day with "Tangled Up in Blue"". The New Yorker.
- ↑ https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-12-17/best-books-of-2018-politics-poker-and-bob-dylan
- ↑ "Ridgewood Puppeteer Madeleine Beresford". Ridgewood-Glen Rock, NJ Patch. 2009-12-02. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ↑ "Madeleine Beresford". Next Avenue. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- ↑ "StackPath". theridgewoodblog.net. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
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