Jefferson Graham

Jefferson Graham is a Los Angeles based reporter for USA Today covering technology.^[1] He is also the host and producer of USA Today's [1] Talking Tech and Talking Your Tech video shows, featuring reviews and newsmakers, companies and consumers on the role technology plays in their lives. Guests on the shows have included Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, director James Cameron, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, former boxer Mike Tyson, 60 Minutes executive producer Jeff Fager, Pandora founder Tim Westegren, comedian Drew Carey and OK Go's Damian Kulash. Before switching to the tech beat in 2000, Graham covered television for USA TODAY, interviewing such stars as Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Tim Allen, Roseanne Barr and Bill Cosby. He joined USA TODAY in 1984. He is also a portrait photographer in the Manhattan Beach, California area.

Graham was born in Evansville, Indiana and grew up in New York City. He appeared as a contestant on Rock & Roll Jeopardy! in 2001.

Bibliography

He is the author or co-author of 7 books:

• Come on Down: The TV Game Show Book, Abbeville Press, 1988
• Vegas: Live and In Person, Abbeville Press, 1989
• Life is a Contact Sport (with Ken Kragen), Morrow, 1993
• Salesman of the Century (with Ron Popeil), Dell, 1995
• Aaron Spelling: A Prime-Time Life (with Aaron Spelling), St. Martin's Press, 1996
• Frasier, Simon and Schuster, 1997
• The Ultimate Rugrats Fan Book, Simon and Schuster, 1998

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