Jeff Glor Biography

Jeffrey T. "Jeff" Glor (born July 12, 1975) is an American journalist. He presents the Weekend edition of CBS Evening News and is a special correspondent for CBS This Morning.

Since joining CBS News in 2007, Glor has reported from Haiti, following that country's devastating earthquake; Iraq, where he was embedded with U.S. soldiers; Norway, in the aftermath of the 2011 terror attacks in and near Oslo; China, for the 2008 Olympic Games; and Vancouver, for the 2010 Winter Games. The stories he has covered domestically include the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado; the crash of Colgan Air Flight 3407 in Buffalo; the Gulf oil spill; the 2009 mass shooting in Binghamton; US Airways Flight 1549's landing in the Hudson; the Pope's visit to New York and Washington, D.C.; and the death of Senator Edward Kennedy. He was The Early Show's primary campaign correspondent in 2008, and he drove cross-country for CBS's "Eye on the Road" series. In 2011, he won his first national Emmy award for a CBS Sunday Morning report on the aging steel town of Braddock, Pennsylvania.

An avid reader and supporter of new writers, Glor created and produces the blog "Author Talk". A video version was launched late in 2011.

Before joining CBS News, Glor was the weekend evening news presenter and a weekday reporter for WHDH-TV in Boston from 2003"07. Before that, he 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. His first internship was at CNN in 1996.

Encomiums

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. He was contributing researcher and writer on The Legal Handbook for N.Y. State Journalists.

Personal

Glor was born in Tonawanda, New York. 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 economics. At Syracuse, Glor was awarded the Henry J. Wolff prize, given to the Newhouse student "most proficient in journalism".

A fan of the Buffalo Bills, on August 30, 2011, he interviewed the former Bills head coach Marv Levy on The Early Show.

Family

Glor and his wife Nicole (née Glab) live in New York and have a son.