{{Short description|American journalist and television reporter (1946–2022)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}} {{for|persons of a similar name|James Angel (disambiguation)|James Angell (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox person | birth_name = James Leslie Angle II | birth_date = {{birth date|1946|9|14}} | birth_place = [[Fort Worth, Texas]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|2|9|1946|9|14}} | death_place = [[Arlington County, Virginia]], U.S. | occupation = Journalist, news reporter }}
'''James Leslie Angle II''' (September 14, 1946 – February 9, 2022), known as '''Jim Angle''', was an American journalist and television reporter for [[Fox News]] and [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]. He was part of Fox News' inaugural reporting lineup when the channel was established in 1996.
==Early life== Angle was born in [[Fort Worth, Texas]], on September 14, 1946.<ref name=Hartley>{{cite news|title=Jim Angle, Fort Worth native and Washington correspondent for Fox News, dies at 75|url=https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/obituaries/article258301548.html|first=James|last=Hartley|date=February 11, 2022|access-date=February 11, 2022|newspaper=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212001316/https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/obituaries/article258301548.html|archivedate=February 12, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> He studied [[political science]] at [[Texas Tech University]], graduating with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in 1969. He then obtained a [[Master of Arts]] in [[Latin American studies]] from the [[University of Texas at Austin]].<ref name=Rosiles>{{cite news|title=Fox News journalist Jim Angle remembered as Texas Tech Distinguished Alumnus|url=https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/2022/02/11/fox-news-journalist-jim-angle-remembered-texas-tech-distinguished-alumnus/6760461001/|first=Mateo|last=Rosiles|date=February 11, 2022|access-date=February 11, 2022|newspaper=Lubbock Avalanche-Journal|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220212044441/https://www.lubbockonline.com/story/news/2022/02/11/fox-news-journalist-jim-angle-remembered-texas-tech-distinguished-alumnus/6760461001/|archivedate=February 12, 2022|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Fox obit">{{cite news|title=Fox News Channel original Jim Angle dead at 75|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-channel-original-jim-angle|first=Brian|last=Flood|date=February 11, 2022|access-date=February 11, 2022|publisher=Fox News}}</ref> Angle was [[Conscription in the United States|drafted]] into the [[United States Army|US Army]] after completing college. He was consequently deployed to Vietnam and Germany, where he gave tours of Berlin to GIs as part of the special [[Berlin Brigade]].<ref name="Fox obit"/><ref name=Chapman>{{cite news|title=Jim Angle, Early Fox News Channel Reporter, Dies at 75|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/jim-angle-dead-75-fox-news-1235179256/|first=Wilson|last=Chapman|date=February 11, 2022|accessdate=February 11, 2022|magazine=Variety}}</ref>
==Career== Angle first worked in journalism with [[NPR]], acting as its White House correspondent for seven years during the presidencies of [[Presidency of Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan]] and [[Presidency of George H. W. Bush|George H. W. Bush]]. He was also lead anchor for the ''[[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]]'' radio program from 1990 to 1993. Angle subsequently joined [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]], covering economics on ''[[ABC World News Tonight]]'', ''[[Nightline]]'', and ''[[Good Morning America]]''. While working on ''Nightline'', he was conferred the Excellence in Financial Journalism Award in 1994 and 1995. He then became a political and economics correspondent for [[CNN]].<ref name="Fox obit"/><ref name=Chapman/>
While covering the [[Bob Dole 1996 presidential campaign|1996 presidential campaign of Bob Dole]], Angle was contacted by [[Brit Hume]], who persuaded him to join the newly-launched [[Fox News]] channel.<ref name="Fox obit"/><ref name=Evans>{{cite news|title=Jim Angle Dies: Former Fox News Channel Correspondent Was 75|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/jim-angle-dead-obituary-fox-news-channel-correspondent-was-75-1234932046/|first=Greg|last=Evans|date=February 11, 2022|access-date=February 11, 2022|magazine=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref> Angle initially served as a nightly contributor to the show ''[[Special Report with Brit Hume]]''. In addition, he regularly was a substitute host for the Friday edition of the program, giving Hume a chance to appear on ''[[Fox News Sunday]]'' as a panelist. During his tenure at Fox, Angle covered the [[1996 United States presidential election|1996 presidential election]], the [[impeachment of Bill Clinton]] three years later, as well as important [[List of international presidential trips made by Bill Clinton|international visits made by Clinton throughout his presidency]]. He also reported live on the [[2000 United States presidential election recount in Florida|2000 presidential election recount in Florida]] from [[Al Gore]]'s base in [[Nashville, Tennessee]].<ref name="Fox obit"/><ref name=Chapman/> He was bestowed the [[Merriman Smith Memorial Award]] by the [[White House Correspondents' Association]] in 2001 and 2003 for distinguished White House coverage.<ref name=Rosiles/><ref name="Fox obit"/> Angle was named chief [[Washington, D.C.|Washington]] correspondent for Fox News in 2005. He was eventually promoted to Chief National Correspondent six years later, before retiring in 2014.<ref name="Fox obit"/><ref name=Chapman/>
Angle delivered the [[commencement address]] at Texas Tech (his alma mater) in the summer of 2012. Two years later, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus by Texas Tech.<ref name=Rosiles/> He was lauded by columnist [[Nat Hentoff]] as "[o]ne of the most fair, incisive, and informed investigative reporters on the Washington scene."<ref>{{cite web|title=Jim Angle|url=https://www.foxnews.com/person/a/jim-angle|access-date=February 11, 2022|publisher=Fox News}}</ref>
==Personal life== Angle was married to Patrice Pisinski until her death from [[pancreatic cancer]] in 2021. She was the director of the Office of Technology Advancement and Outreach at the [[United States Department of Energy]], and they first met in 2006 after the sudden death of her first husband.<ref>{{cite news|title=Patrice Angle Obituary|url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtonpost/name/patrice-angle-obituary?id=30514777|date=October 17, 2021|access-date=February 11, 2022|newspaper=The Washington Post|via=[[Legacy.com]]}}</ref> He was [[stepfather]] to her two children.<ref name=Evans/>
Angle died on February 9, 2022, aged 75, at his home in [[Arlington County, Virginia|Arlington, Virginia]].<ref name=Hartley/><ref name="Fox obit"/>
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==External links== * [https://www.foxnews.com/person/a/jim-angle Fox News bio] * {{C-SPAN|2267}} * [https://speakers.com/speakers/jim-angle/ Speakers.com bio] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809102545/https://speakers.com/speakers/jim-angle/ |date=August 9, 2022 }}
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