Jeff Glor
Jeffrey T. "Jeff" Glor (born 12 July 1975) is an American journalist. He presents the Sunday edition of CBS Evening News and is a correspondent and anchor for the weekday edition of the CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes Sports.
Glor was born in Tonawanda, New York, where he attended Kenmore East High School. He graduated magna cum laude from Syracuse University in 1997 with dual degrees in journalism (from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications), and in economics. At Syracuse, he was awarded the Henry J. Wolff prize, given to the Newhouse student "most proficient in journalism". Glor was co-anchor of WSTM-TV Syracuse's 5 p.m. newscast and a reporter for the 11 p.m. newscast (2000–03). He was the morning news anchor from 1997-2000. He joined WSTM as a part-time producer while still attending college. Glor was named "Best Male News Anchor" by the Syracuse New Times, and one of the 40 most promising professionals under the age of 40. Glor was a contributing researcher and writer on The Legal Handbook for N.Y. State Journalists. He served as weekend evening news anchor and a weekday reporter for WHDH-TV in Boston from 2003–07.
He joined CBS News in 2007, where he has covered a wide range of stories domestically and internationally, including the shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, Hurricane Sandy's landfall in Atlantic City, the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, US Airways Flight 1549's landing in the Hudson, the 2011 Norway attacks, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the Iraq War (where he was embedded with U.S. soldiers). He has reported from four Olympic Games, including the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver for CBS. He was The Early Show’s primary political correspondent in 2008, drove cross-country for CBS's "Eye on the Road" series that same year, and reported on Pope Benedict XVI's visit to New York City and Washington, D.C.
Glor won an Emmy for a CBS Sunday Morning report in 2010. Also in 2010, Glor created and began producing the blog "Author Talk" at CBSNews.com A video version was launched in 2011.
In 2012, Glor focused much of his work on longer-form stories for the newly launched CBS This Morning. He filed an extended report on the use of domestic drones in the U.S., conducted an investigation into alleged Medicare fraud at The SCOOTER Store, participated in the Army's sniper school at Fort Benning, Georgia, and profiled OCEARCH as they spot-tagged a great white shark off the coast of Massachusetts, a piece that was nominated for an Emmy.
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Open Water Swimming
Glor also presented Ned Denison and the Cork Distance Week on a 60 Minutes Sports special called The Torture Swim that was broadcast on Showtime in the United States in October 2014. The Torture Swim is nominated for the 2014 WOWSA Awards' World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year.
2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nomination
"Like a perfect golf swing or 10m platform dive, it looks so good when things come together. Producer Alan Goldberg, host Jeff Glor and protagonist Ned Denison came together to create The Torture Swim, a look at the one of the most dangerous and unheralded sports in the world. For a group of unknown adults training around a small Irish island to be showcased on America, something – and everyone – has to be special. The rawness and cruelty of the sport, the ambiance and the challenges of Cork Distance Week, the turbulence and inherent risks of the sea were marvelously captured and showcased for television audiences with short attention spans. But the scenery and emotions enraptured viewers as the program kicked off with powerful imagery and never let up as it culminated in explaining the inexplicable – why swimmers accept physical agony beyond comprehension. For its compelling presentation of the sport, for making heroes of everyday swimmers, for its ingenuity in creating stunning visuals of Sandycove Island, The Torture Swim by 60 Minutes Sports is a worthy nominee for the 2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year."
2014 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
- 24 Hour Swim in San Francisco by Suzie Dods (U.S.A.)
- BlueJourney-Amerika Samoa -Stronger Together: The Waterman's Way by Bruckner Chase (U.S.A./Amerika Samoa)
- Step Out Of The Ordinary Blue Letter Campaign by Pádraig Mallon (Ireland)
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation (U.S.A.)
- Dancing In The Water by Wayne Ewing and Matthew Moseley (U.S.A.)
- L.O.S.T. Swimming (Lake Ontario Swim Team) by Rob Kent (Canada)
- Morrison Report by Evan Morrison for Marathon Swimmers Federation (international)
- Nadandolibre Radio Show - Marcador Show by José Díaz and Alessi Pérez (Spain)
- Ola Vista Photography by Mike Lewis (U.S.A.)
- Rei e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea) by Pedro Rego Monteiro (Brazil)
- S.C.A.R. Swim Challenge by Kent Nicholas (U.S.A.)
- The Greatest Englishman by Marathon Films (Great Britain)
- The Torture Swim by 60 Minutes Sports (U.S.A./Ireland)
- The Vertical Swim Trainer by Genadijus Sokolovas (U.S.A./Lithuania)
- Uaimh an tSolais & Uaimh na nÉan by Sam Krohn with Donal Buckley (Australia/Ireland)
Cork Distance Week
The Torture Swim hosted by Jeff Glor, produced by Alan Goldberg at Sandycove Island, Ireland during Cork Distance Week, organized by Ned Denison
