Jeff Varner

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Jeff Varner (born April 16, 1966) is a news anchor, a former entertainment reporter, and a former contestant on the TV show Survivor.

1 Early Life and Education
2 Participation in Survivor
3 Journalism Career
4 External Links

[edit] Early Life and Education

Jeff was raised on a tobacco farm in Greensboro, North Carolina. He played right defense for a hockey team in the local youth hockey league. He participated in Tae Kwon Do classes soon after. He attended Southern Guilford High School, where he was active in student government and theatre arts. He later went on to earn a journalism degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

[edit] Participation in Survivor

Jeff was a contestant on Survivor: The Australian Outback, 2001. He was a member of the Kucha tribe, and made it to the merge, but not the core group of nine, as there was a tie between him and Colby Donaldson. At the time, in the event of a tie, previous tribal council votes would be used. Jeff had 2, Colby had zero.

Tina Wesson once referred to him as a "little devil" because he delighted in tormenting his opposition.

During the show, Jeff's luxury item was a coloring book and a set of crayons. The Survivors colored in the books and signed their autograph in it, and after the show, he sold the pictures on Ebay to raise money for charities.

[edit] Journalism Career

Jeff worked as an entertainment reporter for E! Live, and then as a field correspondent and host for the TV Guide Channel. He is now a weekend news anchor and field reporter at FOX 8 WGHP in High Point, North Carolina. In his first year in broadcast news, he won two Associated Press Broadcast News Awards: "Best Health Report," for a story on recognizing stroke quickly, and the Associated Press "Rookie of the Year," both for 2005 ^{[citation needed]}.