He was a senior correspondent for ABC News and covered the White House during President Obama’s second term from 2012 to 2016. Today he’s a member of the news team at The E.W. Scripps Co.‘s ABC affiliate in San Diego, KGTV-10.
Jim Avila, back from a health scare that prompted him to “retire,” in mid-March hosted a one-night special on Scripps News to mark the end of a two-day series called “48 Hours on the Border.” The special is a collaboration between the national network and teams of reporters at Scripps affiliates in Phoenix, San Diego, Tucson and Corpus Christi.
To learn more about Avila’s work, and his view on how local TV news can make an impact in its own market and across the U.S., the veteran journalist joined RBR+TVBR Editor-in-Chief Adam R Jacobson for a conversation on the latest InFOCUS Podcast, presented by dot.fm.
Following a storied career for ABC News, Avila in November 2023 joined KGTV as a Senior Team 10 Investigator. He broke many stories while covering the White House, but one of the most notable was the U.S. reopening diplomatic relations with Cuba. As a Senior National Correspondent, his reporting was prominently featured on many episodes of 20/20. During his time in the Senior Law and Justice Correspondent role, he covered nearly every major trial, including those involving OJ Simpson, Michael Jackson and Jerry Sandusky.
Avila’s broadcast career started in local news, with stops in Chicago and Los Angeles (at KABC-7).
Listen to “The InFOCUS Podcast: Jim Avila” on Spreaker.
