Jim Axelrod Biography
Jim Axelrod is an American journalist working as the chief investigative and senior national correspondent for CBS News, reporting for “CBS This Morning,” Prior to WRAL, Axelrod served at WSTM-TV Syracuse, NY and WUTR-TV Utica, NY. He started his career at WVII-TV Bangor, ME in 1989.
Jim Axelrod Age
Axelrod was born on January 25, 1963, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Currently, he is 60 years old in 2023. He celebrates his birthday on the 25th of January every year.
Jim Axelrod Education
Axelrod graduated from Cornell University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Arts in History and a Master of Arts in History from Brown University in 1989.
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Jim Axelrod Height
Axelrod stands at an average height of 8 feet 2 inches tall. Information regarding his other body measurements is currently under research.
Jim Axelrod Family
Information regarding Axelrod’s parents and siblings is currently under review. However, the information will be updated as soon as it’s available.
Jim Axelrod Wife
Jim is married to Christina Axelrod. The couple has three children and lives in Montclair, N.J.
Jim Axelrod CBS
Although in CBS News, Axelrod has reported a wide variety of domestic and foreign reports, like the conflict in Iraq and the US invasion of Afghanistan. In 2003, Axelrod was the first TV journalist to broadcast live from Baghdad’s Saddam International Airport shortly after it fell to U.S. troops. Live coverage of the U.S. Army shooting rounds of artillery into Iraqi positions was the first to be broadcast by a correspondent of ground forces engaging in combat in Iraq. Axelrod has covered the evacuation of U.S. soldiers from Iraq and was the last correspondent to leave with the army in December 2011.
Axelrod’s investigative journalism has been awarded the Peabody Award for his documentary on West Virginia’s heroin abuse epidemic, the George Polk Award for his reporting on multi-billion dollar prescription fraud compounding, and the Edward R. Murrow Award for his research on the genetic testing industry. He was also part of the CBS News staff, who honored the 2010 DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton for “CBS Reports: Children of the Recession.” Axelrod also received the Emmy Awards in 2002, 2014, and 2016.
Axelrod joined CBS News in 1996 as a Miami reporter. Furthermore, he then worked in the Dallas Bureau (1997-1999) and the New York Bureau (1999-2006). He has worked as a White House Chief Reporter for CBS News (2006-2009) and was named National Correspondent for CBS News in 2009. Axelrod worked as the host of the “CBS Saturday Evening News” from 2012-2016.
Before joining CBS News in 1996, he was a political correspondent for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, N.C. Axelrod also worked as a reporter for WSTM-TV Syracuse, N.Y. (1990-1993) and WUTR-TV Utica, N.Y. He started his career at WVII-TV Bangor, Maine, in 1989.
Jim Axelrod Salary
Being one of the top journalists for CBS, Axelrod earns an annual salary ranging between $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.
Jim Axelrod Net Worth
Axelrod has an estimated net worth of $1 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a journalist.