Jim Axelrod

Jim Axelrod
Born New Brunswick, New Jersey
Education Cornell University '85
B.A. History
Brown University '89
Master's History
Occupation Reporter
Title CBS News National Correspondent
Spouse(s) Christina Axelrod
Children Three

Jim Axelrod is a National Correspondent for CBS News, and reports for the CBS Evening News and other CBS News programs.

Axelrod was one of CBS News' embedded correspondents in Iraq and was the first TV reporter to broadcast live from Saddam International Airport (now Baghdad International Airport) after its takeover by American forces.[1]

He was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He received a B.A. in 1985 from Cornell University in history and an M.A. in 1989 from Brown University, also with a major in history. Axelrod resides in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and their three children.[1] He has also written a book about his life called 'In The Long Run'.

References

  1. ^ a b Jim Axelrod, CBS News. Accessed August 12, 2007.