Jason Buhrmester is an award-winning journalist, editor, writer and author.

He is the author of “Black Dogs: The Possibly True Story of Classic Rock’s Greatest Robbery” (Random House/Three Rivers) which is currently in film production and named to the 2022 Black List. His forthcoming novel “Five Four Three Two One,” is also in film production.

Previously, Buhrmester served as Editorial Director/Head of Content at Playboy, where he oversaw editorial and creative for the iconic magazine, website, original video and book publishing initiatives. 

In 2016, he worked with Hugh M. Hefner to redesign and relaunch Playboy for the first time in the company’s 60-year history. Adweek dubbed the relaunch “Hottest Reborn Magazine.” During Buhrmester’s tenure, Playboy won numerous awards from the New York Press Club, Folio, Longreads and others, including “Best Crime Reporting” and “Best Feature” from the Los Angeles Press Club.

He has also served as an editor at Blender, GOOD/Upworthy, and Nylon publishing. His writing has appeared in Spin, Wired, Village Voice, Chicago Tribune, Robb Report, Malibu Magazine, Palm Springs Life and other publications.

He is currently a Chief Content Officer at TMB, where he oversee the editorial and creative brand direction of Reader's Digest, Taste of Home and Family Handyman. 

He lives in Chicago.

Email: jbuhrmester@gmail.com
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Twitter: @jbuhrmester
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