Jeff Blundell

82 Waterbridge Way
Toronto, ON, M1C 5C1
(416) 417-7541
jeffblundell@rogers.com

 

Television Experience

Discovery Channel

Segment Producer for Daily Planet. The flagship science magazine show on Discovery Channel Canada.

Senior Producer for Connect. A weekly magazine show on Discovery Channel Asia.

  

Summerhill Entertainment

Producer for Out of Bounds with John Oakley, a sports magazine show for Men’s TV, and Fox Sportsworld Canada.

 

CTV News

Lineup Producer for CTV Newsnet, creating lineups while supervising writers and talent.

News Writer for CTV National News, writing copy for various anchors and reporters including Lloyd Robertson.  

 

Rogers Sportsnet

Senior Producer for Sportscentral Primetime, planning content, devising lineups, managing talent for 3 regional broadcasts each night. (1 hour apiece)

Senior Producer for Jays in an Hour. A nightly recap of the Blue Jays game from earlier that evening.  

Features Producer for The Business of Sports. A weekly magazine show.  

Associate Producer for Rugby World Cup, the Golf Report and FIS Alpine Skiing: preparing reports, opening teases and roll-ins.  

Associate Producer for Sportscentral including creating features for both dinner-time and primetime shows.

Producer/Director: creating lineups and running the control room for intermission updates into national NHL, CHL and NBA broadcasts.

 

Rogers Community Cable

Producer/Host for Earth Alive, covering local environmental issues.

Director for University Life, covering student issues.

 

New Media Experience

Columnist for Sportsnet.ca writing weekly baseball column titled “Damn Lies.”

 

Print Experience

Contributing Editor and Photographer for the Annex Gleaner newspaper (circ 30,000). Responsible for News, Arts and Sports sections.

Editor-in-chief of The Window, a monthly student newspaper.

Reporter/Photographer for the Varsity newspaper at U of T.

 

Education

Honours BA from University of Toronto, Dual major in Drama and Political Science. Minors in Geography and Physics

 

Hobbies/Experiences

Extensive solo traveling throughout Africa, South-East Asia, and Central America.

Sailing including courses ASA 101, 102 and 104.

SCUBA diving and canoeing. Singing, songwriting, guitar and acting.

Competed in rugby, volleyball and track. Nine years bartending part-time while in school.

Also read: Jeff's Biography