Jim DeFede Biography
Jim DeFede is an American Reporter/Writer/Host working for CBS4 in Miami, Florida, United States as an investigative reporter and Host. He joined the station in January 2006. He previously worked for Miami Herald in Miami, Florida, United States as a News Columnist.
Jim DeFede Age / Birthday
DeFede was born on August 11, 1962, in Brooklyn, New York, in the United States. He is 61 years old as of 2023 and celebrates his birthday on August 11 every year.
Jim DeFede Height / Measurements
DeFede is of average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 7 inches.
Jim DeFede Partner / Wife
DeFede manages to keep information regarding whether he is married or not away from the public. However, we will update information about his spouse once it’s available.
Jim DeFede Kids / Children
DeFede manages to keep information regarding whether he has any kids away from the limelight. However, we will update this information about his children once it’s available.
Jim DeFede Family / Relatives
DeFede was born in Brooklyn, New York. His family remains in the same rent-controlled apartment building where he was raised. He left Brooklyn when he was 19 to attend University. Much to his mother’s continuing disappointment, however, Jim never graduated from college.
Jim DeFede Education
DeFede is a highly educated and qualified man. After graduating from high school with a high school diploma in general studies, he attended Colorado State University although he never graduated because of his mother’s continuing disappointments.
Jim DeFede Career
DeFede is an investigative reporter for CBS4 News, and the host of the station’s Sunday morning public affairs program “Facing South Florida.” He covered the 2016 presidential campaign traveling to New Hampshire and South Carolina, as well as across Florida, securing one-on-one interviews with Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, and Marco Rubio.
Jim has produced long-form reports, for CBS4 News, including half-hour specials like “Last Chance Boot Camp,” on Florida’s military-style corrections center for young offenders; “Life and Death at Zoo Miami,” a look at the care and treatment of animals at Miami’s zoo; and “The Versace Murder: A South Beach Story,” on the 20th anniversary of the fashion designer’s murder by spree killer Andrew Cunanan.
In August 2017, CBS4 News aired “The Everglades: Where Politics, Money and Race Collide,” a one-hour documentary on the 2016 environmental disaster that hit the Treasure Coast and its relation to Everglade’s restoration. DeFede got his first job in journalism as a night cops reporter for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington in 1986.
Later he accepted an offer to become a staff writer with the weekly newspaper Miami New Times in 1991 and won a number of awards during his 11-year tenure with the paper. Between the years 2002 and 2005, he was a metro columnist for The Miami Herald. However, Jim has been a contributing writer for Tina Brown’s Talk magazine.
DeFede’s work has also appeared in Key West Magazine, Radar, Newsday, Mother Jones, The (London) Independent, The New Republic, Miami Monthly, and Loft. His first book, “The Day The World Came To Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland,” was published in 2002 by HarperCollins and was recognized with a 2003 Christopher Award for its ability to “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.”
DeFede works with CBS4 News where he serves alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists such as;
- Peter D’Oench
- Joe Gorchow
- Teri Hornstein
- Chelsea Jones
- Keith Jones
- Nicole Lauren
- Anna McAllister
- Joan Murray
- Lisa Petrillo
- Jacqueline Quynh
Jim DeFede Salary
DeFede receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Jim DeFede Net Worth
Through Jim’s career as a reporter, he has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Jim DeFede Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
DeFede is active on his social media accounts. He has about 4.5 K followers on his Facebook Page, about 19 K followers on his Twitter account, and around 438 followers on his Instagram account.