Jeffrey Scott Gillan (born June 1, 1957) is an American

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

and TV news anchor.

Education

Gillan attended college in Washington, D.C., receiving his undergraduate degree from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

and his master's degree in journalism and public affairs from

American University The American University (AU or American) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, mostly in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest D.C. AU was charte ...

Career

Gillan worked for eight years as an anchor and the managing editor at the cable channel

Las Vegas One Las Vegas One (sometimes abbreviated as LV1) was a 24-hour news channel in the Las Vegas Valley that operated from April 6, 1998, to January 9, 2010. It began as a joint venture between the '' Las Vegas Sun'', KLAS-TV, and Prime Cable, and was a ...

and

KLAS-TV KLAS-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Channel 8 Drive near the northern portion of the Las Vegas Strip in the u ...

before joining KVBC-TV in November 2009 as its assistant news director. He left a TV anchor job at

WKOW WKOW (channel 27) is a television station in Madison, Wisconsin, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Allen Media Broadcasting. The station's studios are located on Tokay Boulevard on Madison's west side, and its transmitter is locate ...

in Madison, Wisconsin, after 11 years to take the Las Vegas One position.

Awards and nominations

* 2006, won Pacific Southwest

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for

* 2009, won Pacific Southwest

for KLAS-TV * 2016, won Pacific Southwest

for

KSNV KSNV (channel 3) is a television station in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside dual CW/MyNetworkTV affiliate KVCW (channel 33). Both stations share studios on Foremaster Lan ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gillan, Jeff 1957 births Living people American male journalists American television reporters and correspondents American University School of Communication alumni Georgetown University alumni Journalists from Arkansas Journalists from Las Vegas Journalists from Wisconsin Journalists from Virginia Television anchors from Las Vegas