19 Facts About Jim Angle

James Leslie Angle II, known as Jim Angle, was an American journalist and television reporter for Fox News and ABC News.

Jim Angle was part of Fox News' inaugural reporting lineup when the channel was established in 1996.

Jim Angle studied political science at Texas Tech University, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1969.

Jim Angle then obtained a Master of Arts in Latin American studies from the University of Texas at Austin.

Jim Angle was consequently deployed to Vietnam and Germany, where he gave tours of Berlin to GIs as part of the special Berlin Brigade.

Jim Angle was lead anchor for the Marketplace radio program from 1990 to 1993.

Jim Angle subsequently joined ABC News, covering economics on ABC World News Tonight, Nightline, and Good Morning America.

Jim Angle then became a political and economics correspondent for CNN.

Jim Angle initially served as a nightly contributor to the show Special Report with Brit Hume.

Jim Angle reported live on the 2000 presidential election recount in Florida from Al Gore's base in Nashville, Tennessee.

Jim Angle was bestowed the Merriman Smith Memorial Award by the White House Correspondents' Association in 2001 and 2003 for distinguished White House coverage.

Jim Angle was named chief Washington correspondent for Fox News in 2005.

Jim Angle was eventually promoted to Chief National Correspondent six years later, before retiring in 2014.

Jim Angle delivered the commencement address at Texas Tech in the summer of 2012.

Jim Angle was married to Patrice Pisinski until her death from pancreatic cancer in 2021.

Jim Angle was the director of the Office of Technology Advancement and Outreach at the United States Department of Energy, and they first met in 2006 after the sudden death of her first husband.

Jim Angle was stepfather to her two children: Spencer and Chris Pisinski.

Jim Angle died on February 9,2022, at his home in Arlington, Virginia.

Jim Angle was 75; the cause of death was not announced.