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. He was part of Fox News' inaugural reporting lineup when the channel was established in 1996.
Angle first worked in journalism with NPR, acting as its White House correspondent for seven years during the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush. He was also lead anchor for the Marketplace radio program from 1990 to 1993. Angle subsequently joined 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.[3][4]
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.[2] He was lauded by columnist Nat Hentoff as "[o]ne of the most fair, incisive, and informed investigative reporters on the Washington scene."[6]
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.[7] He was stepfather to her two children: Spencer and Chris Pisinski.[5]
Angle died on February 9, 2022, at his home in Arlington, Virginia. He was 75; the cause of death was not announced.[1][3]
