Jim Axelrod Biography
Jim Axelrod is an American Emmy Award winning Journalist working at CBS News as Chief Investigative and senior national correspondent and reports for all CBS’s broadcasts. He has been working at CBS since 1996 and he had joined the network as Miami based correspondent.
Facts
| Name | Jim Axelrod |
| Birthday | 25 January 1963 |
| Birthplace | New Brunswick, New Jersey |
| Age | 61 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Education | Highland Park High School
Cornell University
Brown University |
| Wife | Christina C Jacoby |
| Children | Emma Axelrod
Will Axelrod Bobby Axelrod |
Jim Axelrod Age
Axelrod is currently 61 years old as of 2024. He was born on 25 January 1963 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. As of Zodiac sign he is an Aries and belongs to the Caucasian Ethnicity.
Jim Axelrod Education
For his secondary education, Jim attended Highland Park High School in New Jersey. Later, he attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York and graduated with Bachelor of Arts in History class of 1985. In addition, Axelrod received Masters of Arts degree with a major in history from Brown University in 1989.
Jim Axelrod Parents and Siblings
The CBS News correspondent was born to a Jewish family in in New Brunswick, New Jersey. His family, later moved to Highland Park, New Jersey where Axelrod grew up. However, he has managed to keep their identities out of limelight.
Jim Axelrod Wife and Children
Axelrod is a married man who wedded the love of his life, Christina C Jacoby on 11 September 1993. He and Christina are parents to three children named Emma Axelrod, Will Axelrod and Bobby Axelrod. The Axelrod’s lives in Montclair New Jersey.
Jim Axelrod Salary and Net worth
Axelrod has been a successful Journalist who has worked so hard in this career. He is believed to receive an estimated annual pay of $120,000. In addition he has been able to accumulate a reasonable amount of wealth which is roughly $2 million.
Career
Jim Axelrod’s journalism career began in 1989 at WVII-TV in Bangor, Maine. Later the same year, he joined WUTR-TV in Utica New York and served as reporter till 1990 when he landed a reporter job at WSTM-TV in Syracuse New York. He worked at WSTM for 3 years then left for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina where he worked for nearly 3 years.
CBS News hired Axelrod in 1996 as Miami based correspondent. During his time there he has worked in various posts like Dallas Bureau in 1997 from there he became New York Bureau correspondent in 1999 serving in that position until 2006 when he became Chief white house correspondent. In 2009, he became CBS News national correspondent. He has also served as the anchor of CBS Evening News, the Saturday Edition from 2012 to 2016. Currently Jim is serving as Chief Investigative and senior national correspondent and reports for all CBS’s broadcasts.
In his career, he has been recognized by multiple awards like Emmys, Alfred DuPont Awards, Peabody, George Polk, Edward R Murrow and more.
Additionally, Jim is an Author and has published a book named In The Long Run: A Father, A Son and Unintentional Lessons In Happiness in 2011.
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