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Overview
Jim DeFede is an investigative reporter and host of Facing South Florida on WFOR-TV, the CBS station in Miami-Ft. Lauderdale. He has been at WFOR-TV since January 2006.
He started out as a night cops reporter at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington. His earlier stops include the Miami New Times and the Miami Herald. His reporting focuses on Florida politics. He has covered the Surfside building collapse.
DeFede’s honors include eight regional Emmy Awards and a Murrow Award, and a duPont-Columbia Award. He studied at Colorado State University.
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Jim DeFede at a glance
- Role
- investigative reporter and host of Facing South Florida
- Station
- WFOR-TV (CBS)
- At the station since
- January 2006
- TV market
- Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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