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February 13, 2012
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Jeff FisherFounder/Editor-in-Chief
After anchoring and reporting on major sporting events from the Olympics to the World Series to the Super Bowl in a career spanning 35-years, Jeff is turning to his passion of high school football. He is creator and Editor-in-Chief of High School Football America LLC. He is also currently the host and producer of the National High School Coaches Association Sports Hour.
An award-winning journalist, Jeff anchored at Fox Sports Net for the Chicago, Bay Area and Ohio regions. While in the Windy City, Fisher reported on all Chicago professional and college teams, plus served as a pre, post and in-game host on Fox Sports Net's Emmy-award winning broadcasts for the Cubs and White Sox.
Jeff also worked as a Co-host and pit reporter on several different motorsports programs on Speed Channel and The Outdoor Channel.
Before arriving in Chicago, Jeff was the Sports Director at WFMZ-TV in the Allentown/Philadelphia market.
Fisher was the creator, executive producer and host of The Big Ticket. The weekly, 60-minute high school football wrap-up show won him the Associated Press Best Sportscast in Pennsylvania Award in 2000.
Fisher was also the creator and host of more than a dozen half-hour sports specials featuring international superstars such as Mario Andretti and Larry Holmes. Fisher was also named Media Person of the Year in 1999 by the Colonial League and won the prestigious Sixth Man Award at Lehigh University.
Jeff is an all-around sports fan, who grew-up in Easton, Pennsylvania. His fondest memory is watching his best friend Marty Nothstein win a gold medal in the 2000 Olympics in Australia and a silver medal in the 1996 games in Atlanta.
Jeff can be contacted via email at jeff@highschoolfootballamerica.com.
Trish HoffmanCo-Host
Trish Hoffman landed her first film role in Under New Management, a Joe Otting film. Trish plays a newscaster, which is a familiar role as she started her on-camera career in television news.
An award-winning journalist and veteran news anchor, Trish is also co-host and executive producer of a TV sports series that is currently in production; and the executive producer of the PBS documentary entitled The Primo Center. Hoffman, who has also won awards for her voluntarism, just launched Dear Job Hunter, a weekly inspirational blog helping people with timely information on finding employment in tough economic times.
Trish founded Blitz Group LLC, a boutique media company in 2003. Trish has landed clients on ABC, CBS, CNBC, FOX and NBC, plus in the New York Times, TIME Magazine, Wall Street Journal and various other local and national publications.
Prior to starting Blitz Group, Trish was the anchor who launched the Morningstar.com's business segments on the internet. She anchored and reported at WFMZ-TV in the Philadelphia/Allentown market. Before that, Trish was lead evening anchor for CBS affiliate WRBL in Columbus, Georgia. Trish started her career at CBS affiliate KPIX in San Francisco on the assignment desk.
Hoffman has earned various awards for her work in broadcasting. The Georgia Association of Broadcasters awarded her with the “Best Local TV Special on the topic of teenage pregnancy. The same television news special won her an Associated Press award.
Trish is a member of the Screen Actor’s Guild, and is currently studying Improvisation at The Second City in Chicago. She graduated from Columbus State University in Georgia where she studied Communications and Economics. She also studied at Stanford University.
Trish can be contacted via email at trish@highschoolfootballamerica.com.
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