Jim Avila Biography

Jim Avila is the Senior National Correspondent for ABC News and the White House reporter for Fusion, the ABC/Univision joint venture that debuted in 2013. In this capacity, he covers Hispanic America, immigration policies, education, politics, and other issues critical to the Latino Minority, which is the quickest segment of our population. He also makes a major contribution to 20/20 and other ABC broadcasts and channels focusing on law and justice, as well as consumer research. Avila's coverage on food, drug, transportation, consumer, ecologic, and other regulatory hurdles made a real difference in the lives of watchers in 2011 and 2012. Since joining ABC News in 2004, he has been a versatile reporter who has broken major stories. Avila has won various honors and awards, including a National Emmy Award for his reportage of the flood and fire damage of Grand Forks, North Dakota, as well as another Emmy for his reportage of the fate of illegal workers during the southern California wildfires in 2008. He has 5 Edward R. Murrow Awards for his coverage of September 11, the Iraq War, the DC Sniper attacks, and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists honoured him with the TV News Feature Award in 1999.

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