Murtz Jaffer
Murtz Jaffer is a Canadian celebrity journalist. He hosted the reality television show Reality Obsessed that aired on TVTropolis and the Global Reality Channel in Canada. He served as a freelance producer with Entertainment Tonight Canada, Canada AM, CTV News Channel and Pop Life on CTV. He is the television editor of InsidePulse.com, a freelance contributor with the Toronto Star, and an associate producer with Global News. Career. Jaffer began his career writing for The Sports Network 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 "Survivor" just as he began studying at the University of Toronto. 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 "Entertainment Tonight Canada", the "Toronto Sun", "Z103.5", "Virgin Radio 99.9" and volunteered at "CTV.ca". He has freelanced  for the "National Post" and TV Guide Canada. In 2007, he appeared in "The New York Times" for starting an anti-application Facebook 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. Jaffer was the host of Reality Obsessed which aired on the TVTropolis network in Canada. The show was a behind-the-scenes look at reality television and won a Gemini Award 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 Toronto Star as a freelance contributor. In 2022, Jaffer began working for Global News as an associate producer.