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Jim Acosta Profile
Jim Acosta is an American who is currently working as a CNN anchor for weekend programming and the network’s chief domestic correspondent, based in Washington, D.C. Previously, Acosta served as CNN’s chief White House correspondent, where he covered the Trump administration and the Obama administration from the White House and around the world.
Jim Acosta Age
Acosta is 52 years old as of 2023. He was born on 17th April 1977, in Washington, D.C. in the United States of America. His birth name is Abilio James Acosta. He celebrates his birthday on 17th April every year.
Jim Acosta Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 6 inches tall.
Jim Acosta Education
Acosta graduated cum laude from James Madison University with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications and a minor in political science
Jim Acosta Family
Acosta’s mother is of Irish and Czech ethnicity. Additionally, his father used to live in Cuba. He arrived in the U.S. at the age of 11 as a refugee three weeks before the Cuban missile crisis. furthermore, he grew up in Virginia. Acosta is a Spanish and Portuguese surname. Originally it was used to refer to a person who lived by the seashore or was from the mountains
Jim Acosta Wife
Acosta got married to Sharon Mobley Stow in 1993. She is a registered nurse. They dated for a long time before they tied the knot. Furthermore, they have two daughters and a son. However, the couple divorced in 2017 after being in marriage for 24 years.
Jim Acosta Career
He regularly covers presidential press conferences, visits by heads of state, and issues impacting the federal government’s executive branch. Acosta also reported from the 2016 campaign trail following Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Before joining the White House beat, Acosta was a national political correspondent throughout CNN’s ‘America’s Choice 2012 election coverage, embedded with the Romney presidential campaign as the lead correspondent.
He traveled with the GOP presidential candidate to key battleground states and the U.K., Israel, and Poland, covering the latest campaign developments. Acosta sat down with Mitt Romney for two one-on-one interviews, breaking several political stories and presidential debate coverage. In addition, he covered both of President Barack Obama’s inaugurations and contributed to the network’s mid-term election coverage.
In 2009, when the Obama administration lifted some restrictions on American travel to Cuba, Acosta reported from Havana, Cuba, on the effects of the policy change and the post-Cold War relationship between the United States and Cuba. During the 2008 presidential election, Acosta covered the campaigns of then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, Sen. John McCain, and then-Sen. Barack Obama frequently contributed as co-anchor on CNN’s weekend political program, Ballot Bowl.
Jim Acosta CBS
During his time with CNN, Acosta has covered several breaking news stories, including the tragedy at Virginia Tech and the Gulf Coast during the oil spill crisis. Before joining CNN in March 2007, Acosta was a CBS News correspondent since February 2003. Initially based in New York, he later relocated to the CBS bureau in Atlanta. He contributed primarily to the CBS Evening News.
And has covered stories including the Iraq war from Baghdad, and the 2004 presidential campaign of then-Sen. John Kerry, Hurricane Katrina, and the blackout of 2003 that impacted major cities in the Northeast U.S. Previously, Acosta served as CNN’s chief White House correspondent, where he covered the Trump administration and the Obama administration from the White House and around the world. Additionally, before joining CNN in March 2007.
Jim Acosta CBS News correspondent
Acosta has been a CBS News correspondent since February 2003. Previously, he was a correspondent for CBS Newspath, the network’s 24-hour news service, from 2001-2003 and was based in Dallas and Chicago. Acosta covered the Pennsylvania miner rescue, the Washington, D.C.-area sniper story, and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, among other stories.
Before CBS Newspath, he was a reporter and substitute anchor for WBBM-TV, the CBS-owned station in Chicago from 2000 to 2001; a reporter for KTVT-TV, the CBS-owned station in Dallas, from 1998 to 2000 and a reporter and substitute anchor for WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tenn., from 1995 to 1998. He began his journalism career with WMAL-AM radio in Washington, before making the transition to television.
Jim Acosta Awards
Acosta has received several awards including The National Association of Hispanic Journalists 2017 Presidential Award, and the SJSU Journalism School 2018 William Randolph Hearst Foundation Award, and was a part of the CNN team that won an Emmy for their 2012 presidential campaign coverage. In 2019, he was honored with the annual “Truth to Power” award from the New York Press Club.
Which is given to individuals “whose body of work challenges the power establishment and/or defends journalists.” In addition to his reporting, Acosta’s debut book, “The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America,” which focuses on his experience covering President Trump during his first two years in office, was released in June 2019 and became a New York Times bestseller.
Jim Acosta Salary
Acosta has an estimated annual salary of $50,000 to $80,000 from his career at CNN.
Jim Acosta Net Worth
Acosta has an estimated annual net worth of $ 4 million to $5 million earned from his career as an Anchor and Chief Domestic Correspondent.
Jim Acosta Social Media Platforms
Acosta is very active on his Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook pages. He has 2.3 Million followers on Twitter, 234k followers on Instagram, and 67k followers on Facebook.
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