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Jim Angle

Jim Angle

Jim Angle joined FOX News Channel (FNC) in 1996 and currently serves as the network's chief national correspondent. He was named to this position in January 2012.



Previously, Angle served as FNC's chief White House correspondent reporting on overall political news from Washington, D.C., as well as broader issues, including social security and tax reform. Prior to this position, Angle served as the network's senior White House correspondent. In this capacity, he was responsible for reporting on presidential activities nationally and internationally.



Prior to joining FNC, he was a correspondent at CNN, covering politics and the economy. Before that, he served as a correspondent for ABC News, reporting on economic policy and contributing to "World News Tonight," "Nightline" and "Good Morning America."



Before joining ABC News, Angle worked in public radio for 18 years. From 1990-1993, he anchored the popular national program "Marketplace," a daily half-hour program on money and business on NPR. Before that, he spent seven years as National Public Radio's senior White House correspondent, covering both the Reagan and Bush administrations. Renowned columnist Nat Hentoff praised Angle as "One of the most fair, incisive, and informed investigative reporters on the Washington scene."



Angle has received numerous awards and honors for his reporting. He has twice been honored with the Merriman Smith Memorial Award, awarded by the White House Correspondents' Association, for outstanding presidential news coverage under deadline pressure in the category for broadcast journalism, in 2001 and 2003. He also received the "Excellence in Financial Journalism Award" twice for his reporting on economic issues on "Nightline" in 1994 and 1995.