Murtz Jaffer is a Canadian entertainment journalist. He hosted the reality television show

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that aired on TVTropolis and the Global Reality Channel in Canada. He served as a freelance producer with

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, Canada AM, CTV News Channel and Pop Life on CTV. He is the television editor of InsidePulse.com, a freelance contributor with the

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, and an associate producer with The Morning Show.

Career

Jaffer began his career writing for

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at the age of 17. After reporting for the site from 1997–1998, Jaffer wrote for a variety of wrestling websites before deciding to launch his own internet property in 2001. In 2002, Jaffer launched Survivor-Central, an online resource about ''

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'' just as he began studying at the

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. The site became one of only a handful of websites dedicated to the show. The site led to Jaffer developing a reputation as a ''Survivor'' expert. In 2004, Jaffer merged Survivor-Central with InsidePulse.com, an entertainment website. Jaffer graduated from Centennial College's post-graduate journalism program in 2003. He has worked at ''

'', the ''

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'', '' Z103.5'', '' Virgin Radio 99.9'' and volunteered at ''

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''. He has freelanced for the ''

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'' and TV Guide Canada. In 2007, he appeared in ''

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'' for starting an anti-application

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group. In 2008, Jaffer was recognized as one of Centennial College's Alumnus of Distinction award winners, becoming one of the award's youngest recipients.IMDB- Murtz Jaffer
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which aired on the TVTropolis network in Canada. The show was a behind-the-scenes look at reality television and won a

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for 'Best Direction In A Reality Series' for its 'Ultimate Casting Tape' first-season episode. In 2011, Jaffer received the 'Special Achievement In Reality Reporting Award' at the Reality Rocks convention in Los Angeles. Later that year Jaffer appeared as an extra on the season finale of Dan for Mayor on CTV. In 2015, Jaffer worked as a freelance producer on the Canada AM morning program and served as a producer with CTV News Channel from 2016 to 2021. In 2021, Jaffer began writing for the

as a freelance contributor. In 2022, Jaffer began working for

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and The Morning Show as an associate producer.

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External links

Murtz Jaffer, InsidePulse.com Article archiveMurtz Jaffer's Television Show Reality Obsessed
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