Jeff Fager

Jeff Fager spent nearly four decades at CBS News, where he held roles ranging from field producer to executive producer of 60 Minutes and chairman of CBS News. Jeff is best known for his long tenure at 60 Minutes and for strengthening the news division’s broadcast and digital platforms during a period of industry change. Jeff began his career in television news in the late 1970s after graduating from Colgate University with a degree in English literature. He started at a CBS station in Boston as a production assistant, news writer, and assignment editor before moving to KPIX-TV in San Francisco as a broadcast producer. In the early 1980s, he worked on several CBS News programs, including weekend editions of the CBS Evening News and the overnight broadcast Nightwatch. He later took on international assignments and was based in London, where he produced coverage of major global events, including conflicts in the Middle East, the 1986 bombing of Libya, and meetings between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev. Jeff Fager later helped launch the news magazine 48 Hours and, from 1989 to 1994, served as a producer at 60 Minutes, contributing to a wide range of stories with correspondents such as Morley Safer and Steve Kroft. In the 1990s, he moved into senior production roles at the CBS Evening News, where he covered major international events, including the war in Bosnia and the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. His work during this period earned a Peabody Award.