Jim Avila
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Jim Avila is an American television journalist, currently the Senior Law and Justice Correspondent for ABC News
. Jim graduated from Glenbard East High School with the name of Jim Simon. Before joining ABC, he was a correspondent for NBC News
. He frequently anchors ABC's World News Saturday.
From 1994 to 1996, Avila was the investigative reporter for local NBC station KNBC
in Los Angeles where he reported the O.J. Simpson criminal trial. The station won the 1995 Golden Mike Award and a 1996 Emmy Award for that trial coverage.
ABC News
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. Jim graduated from Glenbard East High School with the name of Jim Simon. Before joining ABC, he was a correspondent for NBC News
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
KNBC, channel 4, is an owned-and-operated television station of the NBC Television Network, licensed to Los Angeles, California, USA. KNBC's studios and offices are located within the NBC Studios complex in Burbank, California, and its transmitter is located on Mount Wilson...
in Los Angeles where he reported the O.J. Simpson criminal trial. The station won the 1995 Golden Mike Award and a 1996 Emmy Award for that trial coverage.