Jim DeFede CBS4 Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Wife, Salary, Net Worth

Investigative reporter and presenter of the Sunday morning public affairs program “Facing South Florida” at WFOR-CBS4 in Miami, Florida, USA, where DeFede works. “Facing South Florida” is DeFede’s primary responsibility at the station. In January of 2006, he started working for CBS4 News. Jim is overjoyed to be working with the team of the CBS4 newscast.

He has produced long-form reports for CBS4 News, including half-hour specials such as “Life and Death at Zoo Miami,” which takes a look at the treatment and care of animals at Miami’s zoo; “A South Beach Story: The Versace Murder,” which commemorates the twentieth anniversary of the murder of the fashion designer by spree killer Andrew Cunanan; and “Last Chance Boot Camp,” which focuses on Florida’s military-style corrections center for teen offenders. He also reported journeying to South Carolina and New Hampshire during the 2016 presidential campaign, in addition to traveling throughout Florida, where he was able to secure one-on-one interviews with Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, and Jeb Bush.

A one-hour documentary titled “The Everglades: Where Politics, Cash, and Race Collide” was broadcast on CBS4 News in August 2017, and it was about the environmental catastrophe that occurred on the Treasure Coast in 2016 and its connection to efforts to restore the Everglades. Over the course of more than a year, DeFede labored on the documentary.

The year 1986 marked the beginning of DeFede’s employment in journalism. He began working for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, as a night cops reporter. In 1991, he accepted an opportunity to work as a staff writer for the weekly newspaper Miami New Times, where he worked for a total of 11 years and was honored with a number of accolades over the course of his career there. Between the years 2002 and 2005, DeFede was employed by The Miami Herald in the capacity of urban columnist.

Jim has been a contributing contributor for Talk magazine, which is published by Tina Brown. Additionally, his work has been highlighted in publications such as Radar, Newsday, Mother Jones, The New Republic, The (London) Independent, Miami Monthly, Key West Magazine, and Loft.

In addition to that, Jim is a novelist. His first book, “The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland,” was published by HarperCollins in 2002 and won a Christopher Award in 2003 for its ability to “affirm the highest values of the human spirit.” The book was about the events of September 11, 2001, in Gander, Newfoundland.