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Jim Avila an award-winning journalist serving as the senior national correspondent and “20/20” correspondent based in Los Angeles. He as well focuses on law and justice, as well as consumer investigations. He served as a versatile reporter who covered the White House from 2012 to 2016.
Jim Avila Age
Avila was born on July 26, 1956, in the United States.
Jim Avila Career
Jim started off his journalism career serving as a weekend anchor and the San Jose bureau chief for KPIX in San Francisco from 1976 to 1980. He later served as a general assignment reporter for WLS, an ABC-owned station in Chicago, from 1980 to 1984. He thereafter became a general assignment reporter for WBBM-TV, where he covered the Beirut War, the TWA hijacking, the Nicaraguan civil war, and the Mexican earthquake.
As of 1994 to 1996, he served as an investigative reporter for KNBC in Los Angeles. During his time there, he was the primary reporter on the O.J. Simpson criminal trial. KNBC earned the Golden Mike Award and an Emmy Award for its trial coverage in 1995 and 1996, respectively. He as well had servedat NBC News as a National Correspondent for “Nightly News.” Jim discusses various domestic issues such as the 9/11 attack and its aftermath, and also the DC sniper shootings. Avila also reported from Afghanistan and Iraq, where he filmed from inside NBC’s Baghdad hotel compound.
He woked began as a Chicago bureau correspondent before being promoted to National Correspondent at NBC. Whule at NBC, he covered high-profile events such as the shootings in Littleton, Jonesboro, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Paducah. He thereafter joined ABC as a Nightly News National Correspondent in 2000, a position he serves todate today. He as well covered a wide range of domestic issues for ABC, such as the September 2011 attacks and their aftermath, as well as the D.C. sniper shootings.
Jim Avila Net Worth
Avila has an estimated Net Worth of $1 Million.
Jim Avila Height and Weight
Avila stands tall at an average height and has an average body weight.
Jim Avila Education
Jim enrolled and later graduated from Glenbard East High School as Jim Simon.
Jim Avila Family
Avila information about his family are publicly unavailable, this section will be updated as soon as this information is available.
Jim Avila Wife
Avila is married and together with his beloved wife has three children. The duo got married in a private wedding ceremony attended by a select group of friends and family members. He once shared a photo of his wife and their children, who were toddlers at the time.
Jim Avila Kidney Transplant
Avila got told by his doctors back in late 2017 that he would need a new kidney due to diabetes-related kidney failure. He was asked to find a kidney donor and have a transplant within three months or else he would have to go on dialysis.
His youngest sibling to donate one of his kidneys. The doctor scheduled the surgeries for April 2018, immediately after finding a donor. He later underwent a kidney transplant and has recovered from kidney failure and surgery.
Jim Avila Weight Loss
Avila back in 2013 he reported on a weight-loss marketing scam that authorities said took in millions of dollars while doing little to help people lose weight.