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United States Jim Acosta has built a distinguished career as a broadcast journalist, from covering major political campaigns to serving as a chief White House correspondent.
WME will work with Acosta on building out his independent journalism business through additional partnerships, digital distribution and live events, after his departure from CNN.
Jim Acosta signed with WME for representation. WME will work with Acosta on building out his independent journalism business through additional partnerships, digital distribution and live events.
Jim Acosta launched “The Jim Acosta Show” on Substack, a video series featuring interviews with politicians and notable figures, after leaving CNN to pursue independent journalism.
Abilio James Acosta, born on April 17, 1971, in Washington, D.C., is an American broadcast journalist. His father arrived in the U.S. from Cuba at age 11, three weeks before the Cuban Missile Crisis, while his mother has Irish and Czech ancestry. Raised in Virginia, Acosta graduated from Annandale High School in 1989. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communication with a minor in political science from James Madison University in 1993, where he volunteered for the student-run radio station WXJM and worked as a reporter at WSVA. This early experience laid the foundation for a career that would see him report on some of the most significant events in recent American history.
Acosta’s media career began in radio at WMAL in Washington, DC, before he transitioned to television in 1994 as a desk assistant at Fox affiliate WTTG-TV. He moved in front of the camera in 1995, working as a reporter and substitute anchor at NBC affiliate WBIR-TV in Knoxville, Tennessee, until 1998. Subsequently, he worked as a reporter for CBS affiliate KTVT-TV in Fort Worth (1998-2000) and WBBM-TV in Chicago (2000-2001). From 2001 to 2007, Acosta served as a correspondent for CBS News, covering significant events such as John Kerry’s 2004 presidential campaign, the Iraq War from Baghdad, and Hurricane Katrina. His work during this period demonstrated his ability to report on complex national and international stories.
In April 2007, Acosta joined CNN, where he covered the 2008 presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and frequently anchored CNN’s weekend political program, “Ballot Bowl.” He was promoted to national political correspondent in February 2012, leading the network’s coverage of Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign. Acosta became CNN’s chief White House correspondent in January 2018, a role in which he gained national attention for his interactions with President Donald Trump at press briefings. In January 2021, CNN appointed him as anchor and chief domestic correspondent. Acosta departed CNN on January 28, 2025, to pursue new ventures, including launching “The Jim Acosta Show” on Substack.
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