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Jay Tuck

Jay Nelson Tuck, Jr. (born April 25, 1945) is an American journalist, television producer, author, voice talent and lecturer.

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During his 35-year-employment with ARD German Television, Tuck worked as investigative reporter, war correspondent in Iraq and Executive Producer of the daily network news magazine ARD-Tagesthemen.

Early life

Jay Nelson Tuck, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York as son of newspaper journalist Jay Nelson Tuck. [1] He attended Wayne High School in New Jersey and studied at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. There he shot his first student films, The Date [2] and Short Circuit. [3] During his studies he also held jobs as a student economist at the Federal Trade Commission, the US Treasury and as a social worker in Harlem. Tuck began his journalistic career at age twenty as radio reporter for WYSO, the college's FM station. [4]

Civilian service in Europe

As a recognized conscientious objector during the Vietnam War he travelled to Germany, where he served his two-year civilian service in Hamburg. During this time, Tuck shot various amateur films, including Good Day [5] with the British rock group Nektar.

ARD German Television

His German media career began in 1971 as a free-lancer for local TV at Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR) in Hamburg, where he interviewed many entertainment personalities, including Joan Baez, Johnny Cash, Mick Jagger, Leonard Cohen and Andy Warhol. [6] For thirty years, Jay Tuck was employed full-time by NDR and the ARD network, first as investigative reporter for NDR-Panorama and WDR-Monitor, later as war correspondent in both Gulf Wars. [7]

Free-lance journalist

In Germany, reportage from Jay Tuck appeared in Stern , Der Spiegel, Die Welt, Zeit-Dossier and Zeit-Magazin. Internationally he has written for Oggi (Italy), Panorama and Nieuwe Revu (Netherlands), Vi Menn (Norway), Le Point (France), Playboy (Germany) and Time Magazine (USA). [8]

Author

Books

Airtime Dubai and Al-Jazeera

After retiring from ARD German Television, Jay Tuck founded Airtime Dubai Ltd [9] in the United Arab Emirates, an international media company [10] with close contacts to the Arab broadcasters of the region. His weekly technology magazine Understanding Tomorrow (عن كثب) was on-air for five years and watched by 40 million viewers on Al-Jazeera (Arabic). Airtime Dubai also produces corporate image videos. [11] Its music arm, Airtime Records, released the top-selling CD "Dubai Nights, Volume One". [12]

Voice work

Tuck has continued his work behind the microphone since his university days, as radio DJ on the north German FM station NDR-2 ("Die Jay Tuck Show") and in commercials and cinema trailers. [13] His voice can be heard on hundreds of TV commercials, [14] and as the narrator of the Hollywood thriller Alone in the Dark starring Christian Slater. [15]

Recreation

Jay Tuck during the Siberian Ice Marathon in Omsk, Russia, 2001 Jay Tuck Sibirischer Eismarathon.jpg
Jay Tuck during the Siberian Ice Marathon in Omsk, Russia, 2001

Tuck is a long-distance runner. In the year 2000 he became the first American to run the Siberian Ice Marathon [16] in Omsk, Russia.

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References

  1. ↑ "Jay Nelson Tuck, 69, A Reporter and Editor - Obituary". The New York Times . 1985-11-25. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  2. ↑ JayTuck (2009-08-02). "The Date, [http://www.antiochcollege.edu/ Antioch College], Jay Tuck". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-07-15.{{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  3. ↑ JayTuck (2009-08-03). "ShortCircuit by Jay Tuck". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  4. ↑ "Yellow Springs and The Arts - Film, TV & Video". Oneglobepublishing.com. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  5. ↑ "Good Day, A Film by Jay Tuck featuring Nektar". YouTube. 2009-08-02. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  6. ↑ "Jay Tuck - Autobiography 4 - Television". YouTube. 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  7. ↑ "Jay Tuck: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  8. ↑ Speaker Page Jay Tuck, London Speaker Bureau bit.ly/Mmq4fu
  9. ↑ "Airtime Dubai - Home". Airtime.ae. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  10. ↑ Gate - Newsletter of German Chamber of Commerce, July 2008, p. 35 http://airtime.ae/images/Press-GateEnglish.pdf
  11. ↑ ARABtainment LTD, Arab Business Portal (2012-06-15). "Airtime Dubai completes Image Video | ARABtainment.com - europäisch-arabisches BusinessPortal". ARABtainment.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2012-07-15.{{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  12. ↑ Amazon Music "Dubai Nights 01: Various, Jürgen Spiegel: Amazon.de: Musik". Amazon.de. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  13. ↑ Jay Tuck, Voice Talent, German agent Find-A-Voice "Jay Tuck, Sprecher bei". Find-a-voice.de. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  14. ↑ "Jay Tuck - Hamburg Issue 40, Showcase magazine". Production Paradise. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  15. ↑ "Home". FilmVoices. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
  16. ↑ "Sibirien-Marathon: Mit vereisten Augen über den Zielstrich - SPIEGEL ONLINE (German-language)". Der Spiegel. Spiegel.de. 7 January 2001. Retrieved 2012-07-15.
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