Jim Acosta Biography
Jim Acosta is an award-winning American anchor/reporter/correspondent working for CNN News where he serves both as a weekend programmer anchor and the chief domestic correspondent. He joined the network in April 2007.
Jim Acosta Age
Acosta, born as Abilio James Acosta, is 51 years old as of 2022. He was born on born April 17, 1971, in Washington, D.C. in the United States.
Jim Acosta Height
Acosta stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches.
Jim Acosta Family
Acosta was born to his loving parents in the United States and raised in Northern Virginia. His mother is of Irish and Czech ancestry.
Jim Acosta Wife
Acosta was married to his wife Sharon Mobley Stow who is a registered nurse. The duo was blessed with two children a daughter and a son prior to their divorce in 2017.
Jim Acosta’s Net Worth
Acosta has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million-$5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a .anchor.
Jim Acosta Salary
Acosta earns an annual salary ranging from $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.
Jim Acosta Education
Acosta went to Annandale High School and later graduated in the year 1989. He later joined James Madison University in 1989 and graduated with a minor in political science and a bachelor’s degree in mass communication. Prior to him being a student he volunteered at the student-run radio station, WXJM. He also worked at WSVA which is a local radio station that was operated and owned by Saga Communications.
Jim Acosta’s Career
Acosta is an American journalist currently working for CNN weekend programming and also as a chief domestic correspondent based in Washington, D.C. Previously, he served as the network’s chief White House correspondent. He covered several events that included the Obama administration and the Trump administration around the world and from the White House.
Consistently, he covered visits by heads of state, issues impacting the Executive Branch of the federal government, and presidential press conferences. Additionally, he also reported on the campaign trail in 2016 on the Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Prior to his joining the White House beat, he served as the national political correspondent during CNN’s ‘America’s Choice 2012’ election coverage. He also was the lead correspondent embedded with the Romney presidential campaign.
Covering the latest campaign developments, Acosta traveled alongside the GOP presidential candidate to Poland, Israel, and to the United Kingdom, and to the key battleground states. Acosta also covered the presidential debate, breaking several political stories, and also two one-on-one interviews with Mitt Romney. Additionally, Acosta also contributed to the network’s mid-term election coverage and covered both of President Barack Obama’s inaugurations.
Acosta has various awards that were accorded to him for his excellent work. The awards include the SJSU Journalism School 2018 William Randolph Hearst Foundation Award, The National Association of Hispanic Journalists 2017 Presidential Award.
He was also part of the CNN team that won the 2012 presidential campaign coverage Emmy award. Additionally, Acosta was also accorded the annual “Truth to Power” award from the New York Press Club. The award is accorded to individuals whose work defends journalists or challenges the power establishment.
Acosta’s debut book, “The Enemy of the People was released in June 2019 and became a New York Times bestseller. The book mainly focuses on his coverage experience during President Trump’s first two years in office.
Acosta reported from Havana, Cuba after the Obama administration lifted some restrictions on American travel to Cuba in 2009. He also reported on the post-Cold War relationship between the United States and Cuba and the policy change effects.
Acosta co-anchored CNN’s weekend political program, Ballot Bowl covering the campaigns of then-Sen. Hillary Clinton, then-Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain. He covered several news headlines for the network that included the Gulf Coast during the oil spill crisis and the Virginia Tech tragedy.
Prior to him joining CNN, Acosta worked at CBS News which originally was based in New York. There he served as a correspondent since February 2003. He later shifted to the CBS bureau that was located in Atlanta.
Acosta reported on several events that included the 2004 presidential campaign of then-Sen. John Kerry, Hurricane Katrina. He also covered the Iraq war from Baghdad and the 2003 Northeastern blackout in the United States. The U.S. blackout was of great impact on major cities in the United States.
Previously, Acosta served as a correspondent for the network Newspath, a 24-hour news service based in Dallas and Chicago from the year 2001-2003. He reported on the September 11 terrorist attacks, the sniper story in Washington, D.C., and the Pennsylvania miner rescue among others.
Prior to his tenure at the network, he worked both at WBBM-TV from 2000 to 2001 and KTVT-TV from 1998 to 2000 which were CBS-owned stations based in Chicago and Dallas. For the networks, he served both as a reporter and substitute anchor.
Additionally, Acosta worked in Knoxville, Tennessee at WBIR-TV from 1995 to 1998 serving both as a reporter and substitute anchor. Acosta began his journalistic career in Washington at WMAL-AM radio prior to moving to television.
Jim Acosta Leaving CNN/Fired
Despite all the rumors, Jim Acosta is not leaving CNN or being fired. This was after CNN’s CEO and chairman, Chris Licht told TheWrap Sunday— swatting down talk regarding the impending departure of Jim Acosta. He stated that Acosta has become the network critics’ lightning rod on matters of the political right.
Jim Acosta CNN News
Acosta is working at CNN News where he works alongside other famous CNN News meteorologists, anchors, and reporters including;
- Christiane Amanpour
- Becky Anderson
- Zain Asher
- John Avlon
- Dana Bash
- John Berman
- Victor Blackwell
- Wolf Blitzer
- Kate Bolduan
- Pamela Brown
Jim Acosta Social Media Platforms
He is active on his social media accounts and is often seen posting on his Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. He has over 235K followers on Instagram, over 67K followers on Facebook, and over 2.2M followers on his Twitter accounts.
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