Jim Angle

Who is Jim Angle?

James Leslie Angle, II is an American journalist and television reporter for Fox News.

Angle is a 1969 graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. In addition, he has a Masters Degree from the University of Texas and served in the US Military in Germany and Vietnam.

Joining Fox News in 1996, Angle is a nightly contributor to the show Special Report with Bret Baier. In addition, he regularly is a substitute host for the Friday edition of the program, giving Bret Baier a chance to appear on Fox News Sunday as a panelist. Angle was named Chief Washington Correspondent for Fox News Channel in 2005. In 2011, he was promoted to Chief National Correspondent.

Prior to joining Fox, he was a correspondent for CNN as a political correspondent and ABC News covering economics. He was Senior White House Correspondent for National Public Radio during the Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations. He was awarded the "Merriman Smith Memorial Award" in 2001 and 2003 for distinguished White House coverage. Columnist Nat Hentoff praised Angle as "One of the most fair, incisive, and informed investigative reporters on the Washington scene." Angle is married to Patrice Pisinski, former Director of the Office of Technology Advancement and Outreach at the United States Department of Energy.