# Jim Moret > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Moret > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jim_Moret.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Moret > Source revision: 1349603683 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American journalist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person |name = Jim Moret |image = |birth_name = James William Ercolani Jr. |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|12|03}}According to the State of California. ''California Birth Index, 1905–1995''. Center for Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento, California. Searchable at [https://www.californiabirthindex.org/birth/james_w_ercolani_born_1956_5821554 CaliforniaBirthIndex.org] |birth_place = [Los Angeles County, California](/source/Los_Angeles_County%2C_California), U.S. |occupation = Lawyer, Journalist |spouse = |education = [University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles) (B.A.)
[Southwestern Law School](/source/Southwestern_Law_School) (J.D.) |party = |parents = [James Darren](/source/James_Darren) (father) }} '''Jim Moret'''{{Cite web |url=https://www.martindale.com/beverly-hills/california/james-william-moret-133367-a/ |title=James William Moret |work=[Martindale-Hubbell](/source/Martindale-Hubbell) |access-date=2021-01-09 |archive-date=2021-01-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109072103/https://www.martindale.com/attorney/james-william-moret-133367/ |url-status=live }} (born '''James William Ercolani Jr.'''; December 3, 1956){{cite web |url=http://www.mediabistro.com/articles/details.asp?aID=10778& |title=SO WHAT DO YOU DO, JIM MORET, CHIEF CORRESPONDENT FOR INSIDE EDITION? |publisher=Mediabistro.com |date=February 10, 2010 |first=Amanda |last=Ernst |access-date=November 21, 2014 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109072132/https://www.mediabistro.com/career-advice/ |url-status=dead }} is the chief correspondent for the syndicated television news magazine ''[Inside Edition](/source/Inside_Edition)'' hosted by [Eva Pilgrim](/source/Eva_Pilgrim) and [Mary Calvi](/source/Mary_Calvi). Moret has covered entertainment news and traditional hard news stories for over 25 years. He is a regular guest contributor, legal analyst and guest-host on [CNN](/source/CNN), [HLN](/source/Headline_News), [Fox News Channel](/source/Fox_News_Channel), [Court TV](/source/Court_TV), and [MSNBC](/source/MSNBC). He is the son of actor-singer [James Darren](/source/James_Darren) and Darren's first wife, Gloria Terlitsky (m. 1955, div. 1958). ==Career== Moret is from [Los Angeles, California](/source/Los_Angeles%2C_California). He graduated from the [University of California, Los Angeles](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles), with a degree in Communication Studies and received a [J.D.](/source/Juris_Doctor) in 1981 when he was 25 years old from [Southwestern Law School](/source/Southwestern_Law_School). Moret covered many major California criminal cases including the [Night Stalker](/source/Richard_Ramirez) trial, [Billionaire Boys Club](/source/Billionaire_Boys_Club) murder trial, the [O. J. Simpson](/source/O._J._Simpson) criminal and civil trials, [Scott Peterson](/source/Scott_Peterson_(murderer)) double murder trial and the [Michael Jackson](/source/Michael_Jackson) molestation case, for which he served as the broadcast legal analyst for numerous television and radio networks. Before joining ''Inside Edition'', Moret was probably best known for anchoring CNN's coverage of the [O. J. Simpson](/source/O._J._Simpson) criminal trial in 1995 and hosting the long-running ''Showbiz Today'' and co-anchoring ''The World Today''. After leaving CNN, Moret hosted a series of specials for [ABC](/source/American_Broadcasting_Company), and, for three years, co-hosted the [Academy Awards](/source/Academy_Awards) pre-show for the network. He has also been a guest anchor on the [KTLA](/source/KTLA) ''Morning News in Los Angeles'', and on Fox 5's ''[Good Day New York](/source/Good_Day_New_York)''. His first on-air reporting position was at [KABC-TV](/source/KABC-TV) in Los Angeles. In 2004, Moret delivered the [Commencement Address](/source/Commencement_speech) for the [UCLA](/source/UCLA) Department of Communication Studies, after which he was invited to serve as a visiting professor. He is also a graduate of the program. Moret is a member of the California Bar and resides in [Beverly Hills](/source/Beverly_Hills%2C_California) with his wife Keri Stone Moret and their three children. Moret's first book is an inspirational [memoir](/source/memoir) entitled ''The Last Day of My Life'', published by [Phoenix Books](/source/Phoenix_Books) and launched on January 5, 2010. ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20120709234213/http://www.insideedition.com/bio-main-detail/13/jim-moret.aspx Inside Edition Bio] {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Moret, Jim}} Category:Living people Category:American people of Italian descent Category:American people of Jewish descent Category:American television reporters and correspondents Category:Television news anchors from Los Angeles Category:Place of birth missing (living people) Category:1956 births Category:21st-century American memoirists Category:Writers from Los Angeles Category:CNN people Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni Category:Southwestern Law School alumni Category:California lawyers Category:Inside Edition {{US-tv-journalist-stub}} {{US-journalist-1950s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jim Moret](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Moret) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Moret?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.