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Journalist and US Defense Expert advising organisations on media politics and Middle East business strategies
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Jay Tuck is an American journalist and television producer based in Hamburg, Germany. As a featured keynote speaker he has appeared with Chambers of Commerce in Hamburg and Dubai, Emirates Economic Forum, Hamburg Ratsherrenrunde, German Association of Women Entrepreneurs and the World Bank.
Tuck also advises broadcasters, foundations, investment bankers and international corporations on media politics, as well as strategies for business in the Middle East.
In regards to Jay Tuck’s early life, he was born in Brooklyn, New York as son of newspaper journalist Jay Nelson Tuck. He attended Wayne High School in New Jersey and studied at Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio, where he received his Bachelor of Arts Degree.
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 university’s FM station.
As a recognized conscientious objector during the Vietnam War he travelled to Germany, where he served his two-year civilian service in Hamburg.
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.
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. In 2001 he founded Airtime Dubai Ltd, an international media company based in United Arab Emirates, where he produces Arabic-language programming for 40 million viewers. As voice talent Tuck can be heard on international commercials and cinema trailers.
In addition to his impressive resume Jay Tuck is also the author of several books that were published between 1985-1987. Titles include “High-Tech Espionage” – a non-fiction book on Soviet espionage, “The T Directorate”, “The Computer War” and many more.
Furthermore as a keen long distance runner, Tuck became the first American to run the Siberian Ice Marathon in 2000, and has also participated the following two years.
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Qualifications: Hear the suggestions of a reporter who covered – and uncovered – hundreds of serious scandals in politics and business for a major European broadcaster. American journalist Jay Tuck has produced over 500 documentaries and news segments for network television on subjects ranging from organized crime & espionage to political affairs & police corruption. He knows the covert tools and tricks of the trade. He also knows responsibility, having spent fourteen years as Executive News Editor of ARD-Tagesthemen, Germany’s primetime daily news program. Listen to his behind-the-scenes insight into the newsrooms of today’s media.
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