James Avila is an American
television journalist
Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are broadcast by electronic methods instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. It works on radio (via air, cable, and Internet), television (via air, cable, ...
, currently the Senior Law and Justice Correspondent for
ABC News
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. He graduated from
Glenbard East High School
Glenbard East High School, or GBE, is a public four-year high school located in Lombard, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87. East, on average, draws around 2,500 ...
with the name of Jim Simon.
Before joining ABC, he was a correspondent for
NBC News
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. He frequently anchors ABC's ''
World News Saturday''.
From 1994 to 1996, Avila was the investigative reporter for local NBC station
KNBC
KNBC (channel 4) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of the NBC network. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Corona-licens ...
in Los Angeles where he reported on the
O. J. Simpson murder case
''The People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson'' was a criminal trial in Los Angeles County Superior Court starting in 1994, in which O. J. Simpson, a former National Football League (NFL) player, broadcaster and actor, was ...
. The station won the 1995 Golden Mike Award and a 1996 Emmy Award for that trial coverage.
References
External links
ABC News Bio
ABC News personalities
American television reporters and correspondents
Television anchors from Chicago
Living people
Television anchors from Los Angeles
Television anchors from San Francisco
Year of birth missing (living people)
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