Bob Wiltfong

{{Short description|American media personality (born 1969)}}

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Robert "Bob" Wiltfong (born November 26) is a TED Talk speaker, author, and former correspondent on The Daily Show on Comedy Central." Wiltfong was a true-life newscaster for 10 years, making him the first correspondent in Daily Show history to have worked as a traditional news reporter.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qTzRo-W9eN4C&q=bob+wiltfong+the+daily+show&pg=PA13|title=Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled|last=Friedman|first=Jon|date=2009-01-27|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=9780345513243|language=en}} In an interview, Wiltfong revealed that he decided to exit the world of non-satirical journalism after the September 11, 2001 attacks, during which he lost a close friend, cameraman Glen Pettit.{{Cite web|url=http://kydem.blogspot.com/2005/03/my-exclusive-interview-with-bob.html|title=The Kentucky Democrat: My Exclusive Interview with Bob Wiltfong|last=S|first=Danielle|date=2005-03-24|website=The Kentucky Democrat|access-date=2019-02-21}}

Wiltfong has won 4 regional, individual Emmys for television performance and has been nominated for 14 others.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hurleywrite.com/meet-our-leadership-team|title=Meet Our Leadership Team {{!}} Business Writing Consultants|website=www.hurleywrite.com|access-date=2019-02-21}} He was part of The Daily Show's 2004 winning submission for the prestigious Peabody Award and was featured on the election year wrap up DVD put out by Comedy Central.{{Citation|last1=Stewart|first1=Jon|title=The Daily show with Jon Stewart: Indecision 2004. Disc 3, Disc 3|date=2005|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/61192655|publisher=Paramount Home Entertainment|isbn=9781415705407|access-date=2019-02-21|last2=Colbert|first2=Stephen|last3=Bee|first3=Samantha|last4=Corddry|first4=Rob|last5=Helms|first5=Ed|last6=Carell|first6=Steve|last7=Wiltfong|first7=Bob|last8=Comedy Central (Firm)|last9=Paramount Pictures Corporation|oclc=61192655}} He was a member of Neutrino, an improv comedy team in New York City.{{Cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arts/comedyseries/wiltfong.html|title=Matt Obert & Bob Wiltfong|website=www.columbia.edu|access-date=2019-02-21}} Additionally, Wiltfong has been featured in national commercials for AOL, Microsoft, Staples, Domino's Pizza and is the recurring character Chet Wallum on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia".

In 2010, Wiltfong was selected to star in a national ad campaign for Nationwide Insurance, playing the Nationwide spokesman in a series of nationally broadcast television commercials that aired throughout 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://mckinney.com/2010/02/23/ask-for-it-by-name-bob-wiltfong-for-nationwide-insurance/|title=Ask for it by name: Bob Wiltfong for Nationwide Insurance - McKinney|date=2010-02-23|website=mckinney.com|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-21}} In 2020, Wiltfong published a book with Tim Ito titled "The BS Dictionary: Uncovering the Origins and True Meanings of Business Speak".{{cite book | isbn=978-1950496167 | title=The BS Dictionary: Uncovering the Origins and True Meanings of Business Speak | last1=Wiltfong | first1=Bob | last2=Ito | first2=Tim | date=2020 | publisher=American Society for Training & Development }} That book's content became the subject of a TEDx Talk Wiltfong delivered in Vienna, Austria in October 2022. The presentation was later upgraded to a full-on TED Talk a year later.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/bob_wiltfong_how_to_take_the_bs_out_of_business_speak_dec_2023?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare|title=TED Talk: How to Take the BS Out of Business Speak|website=TED|language=en-US|access-date=2024-09-28}}