Jim Acosta Bio (Wiki)

Who is Jim Acosta?

Jim Acosta is an American journalist. Recently, he became the Chief White House Correspondent for CNN.

Prior to this, he worked as the National Political Correspondent for CNN as well as a correspondent for CBS News.

Who are the parents of Jim Acosta?

Jim Acosta was born on April 17, 1971, in Washington, D.C., United States. He grew up in Virginia along with his parents.

Talking about his nationality, he is American and his ethnicity is Cuban. Concerning his education, he attended Annandale High School in 1989.

Later in 1993, he completed his graduation in Mass Communication with a minor in Political Science, from James Madison University.

Jim Acosta: Career, Net Worth, Awards

Jim Acosta began his career on the radio. Initially, he worked with WMAL in Washington, D.C. In 1994, he began to work with WTTG-TV as a desk assistant.

Following that year, he started his job as a reporter at WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee.

He stayed there for almost three years till 1998. Additionally, he joined KTVT-TV as a reporter and served there for two years.

Moreover, Jim became a correspondent for CBS News in 2003 and worked as a correspondent until March 2007.

Back in 2007, he joined CNN and covered the 2008 presidential campaigns of Democratic candidates Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Furthermore, he has also hosted the show named Ballot Bowl. 

In 2012, Jim Acosta got a promotion and became the National Political Correspondent for CNN.

In addition, he also covered President Obama’s historic trip to the island in Cuba. Recently on January 9, 2018, Jim became Chief White House Correspondent for CNN.

Being a veteran American journalist, he earns a decent amount of money from his profession. So far, Jim has not won any awards in his career.

Although,Jim Acosta has been doing his job brilliantly and also covered some big news. Additionally, his works have been also loved by many people around the world.

How much does Jim Acosta earn?

Jim Acosta’s salary is estimated to be $700,000 per annum.

He has a net worth of $4 million.

Jim Acosta: Rumors, Controversy

Once, Jim Acosta came into the headline as he was criticized by Donald Trump saying,

“You’re fake news!”

Later, Jim Acosta replied,

“Haven’t you spread a lot of fake news yourself?”

Apart from that, there are not any drastic rumors regarding his personal and professional life. Furthermore, he has never faced any controversy in his career to date.

Jim Acosta: Height, Weight, Body Size

Moving towards his body features, Jim Acosta has brown eyes and light hair.

Besides this, there is not any information regarding Jim Acosta’s height is 1.68 m, weight is 80 kg, and other body measurements are not known.

Jim Acosta: Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Jim Acosta is pretty active on social media such as Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

Currently, he has more than 2.2 million followers on Twitter and around 232k followers on Instagram. He has over 68k followers on his Facebook account.

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