1. Abilio James Acosta was born on April 17,1971 and is an American broadcast journalist.
27 Facts About Jim Acosta
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Jim Acosta served as CNN's chief White House correspondent during the Obama and first Trump administrations, in which he gained national attention for his clashes with President Donald Trump at press briefings.
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In January 2021, Jim Acosta was appointed CNN's anchor and chief domestic correspondent.
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On January 28,2025, Jim Acosta made his final broadcast on CNN after rejecting a different time slot for his CNN Newsroom show.
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Jim Acosta's father arrived in the US at age 11 as a refugee from Santa Maria del Rosario, Cuba, three weeks before the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Jim Acosta was raised in Virginia and graduated from Annandale High School in 1989.
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Jim Acosta worked as a reporter at WSVA, a local radio station owned and operated by Saga Communications.
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Jim Acosta got married in 1999 to Sharon Mobley Stow, a registered nurse, and the couple had two children.
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Jim Acosta began his professional career in radio, and his first job was with WMAL in Washington, DC.
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In 1994, Jim Acosta left WMAL and entered television, working for Fox affiliate WTTG-TV as a desk assistant.
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In 1995, Jim Acosta moved in front of the camera, becoming a reporter and substitute anchor at NBC affiliate WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, and remained in that job until 1998.
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From 1998 until 2000, Jim Acosta worked as a reporter for CBS affiliate KTVT-TV in Fort Worth.
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From 2000 until 2001, Jim Acosta was a reporter for WBBM-TV in Chicago.
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From 2001 until 2003, Jim Acosta worked as a correspondent for CBS News' Newspath service, based both in Dallas and Chicago.
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From February 2003 until March 2007, Jim Acosta was a correspondent for CBS News and was based first in New York City and then in Atlanta.
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At CBS News, Jim Acosta covered the 2004 campaign of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, the Iraq War from Baghdad, and Hurricane Katrina.
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Jim Acosta later joined CNN's American Morning program as a correspondent and contributed to the network's coverage of the 2010 midterm elections.
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Jim Acosta was then the senior White House correspondent for CNN.
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At a nationally televised news conference in November 2015, Jim Acosta challenged President Obama on his administration's strategy for destroying the terrorist organization known as ISIS.
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Jim Acosta traveled to Cuba in March 2016 to cover President Obama's historic trip to the island.
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At a rare news conference in Havana featuring both Obama and Cuban president Raul Castro, Jim Acosta pressed the Cuban leader on his country's human-rights record.
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Jim Acosta was promoted to chief White House correspondent on January 9,2018.
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In January 2021, CNN announced that Jim Acosta would be the network's chief domestic correspondent and weekend anchor.
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Jim Acosta got into a heated debate at a White House press conference on August 2,2017, with White House senior policy advisor Stephen Miller over the Trump administration's support for the RAISE Act.
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Jim Acosta verbally sparred with President Trump during a White House press conference on November 7,2018, following the 2018 midterm elections.
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However, Jim Acosta attempted to ask follow-up questions and speak over Trump and other reporters.
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Jim Acosta wrote about the incident in his 2019 book The Enemy of the People: A Dangerous Time to Tell the Truth in America.