Jim Axelrod Biography
Jim Axelrod is an award winning journalist currently working as the chief correspondent and executive editor for CBS News’ “Eye on America” franchise, part of the “CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.” He also reports for “CBS Mornings,” “CBS News Sunday Morning,” and CBS News 24/7. Axelrod joined the station in1996.
Jim Axelrod Career
Previously, Axelrod was the chief investigative and senior national correspondent for CBS News. He has received several awards and honors such as his investigative journalism was honored with a Peabody Award for his series on West Virginia’s opioid addiction crisis. In addition, he was a recipient of the George Polk Award for his work investigating compounding pharmacy fraud and an Edward R. Murrow award for his reporting on the genetic testing industry. Axelrod was also part of the CBS News team honored with a 2010 duPont-Columbia Silver Baton for “CBS Reports: Children of the Recession.” He is a recipient of five Emmy awards.
During his time at CBS News, Axelrod has covered a broad range of domestic and international stories, notably the war in Iraq and the American invasion of Afghanistan. Furthermore in 2003, he was the first television journalist to report live from Baghdad’s Saddam International Airport immediately after it fell to U.S. troops. His live coverage of the U.S. Army firing artillery rounds into Iraqi positions was the first to be broadcast by a reporter embedded with ground troops engaged in combat in Iraq. In December 2011, Axelrod also covered the departure of U.S. troops from Iraq and was the last reporter to leave with the military in December 2011.
He joined CBS News in 1996 as a Miami-based correspondent and later served in the Dallas bureau (1997-1999) and New York bureau (1999-2006). In addition, Axelrod also served as CBS News’ chief White House correspondent (2006-2009) and was named a CBS News national correspondent in 2009. From 2012-2016, Axelrod was the anchor of the Saturday edition of “CBS Evening News.”
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Prior to joining CBS News in 1996, he was a political reporter at WRAL-TV in Raleigh, North Carolina (1993-1996). Before North Carolina, he was a reporter for WSTM-TV Syracuse, New York (1990-1993); and at WUTR-TV Utica, New York (1989-1990). He began his career at WVII-TV Bangor, Maine, in 1989.
He was born to a Jewish family in New Brunswick, New Jersey and raised in Highland Park, New Jersey. Axelrod attended Highland Park High School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Cornell University in 1985. Axelrod also holds a Master of Arts Degree in History from Brown University. He graduated with his Masters Degree in 1989.
Axelrod is the author of “In The Long Run: A Father, A Son, and Unintentional Lessons In Happiness,” which was published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2011.
Jim Axelrod Age
Axelrod was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey on 25 January 1963 and is now 62 years old as of 2025.
Jim Axelrod Height
He stands at a height of 5 feet 10 inches tall.
Jim Axelrod Education
Axelrod attended Highland Park High School. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History from Cornell University in 1985. Axelrod also holds a Masters of Arts Degree in History from Brown University. He graduated with his Masters Degree in 1989.
Jim Axelrod Family
He was born to a Jewish family in New Brunswick, New Jersey and raised in Highland Park, New Jersey. Jim Axelrod’s parents are Robert Jay Axelrod and Joan F. Greenfield.
Jim Axelrod Wife
Axelrod tied the knot with his wife with Christina C. Jacoby on 11 September, 1993. He resides with his family in Montclair, New Jersey.
Jim Axelrod Children
He is a father of three children, one daughter Emma Axelrod and two sons Will and Bobby Axelrod.
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