Jim Bittermann Biography|Wikipedia
Jim Bittermann is a well-known senior CNN International Correspondent based in Paris. Additionally, he has covered the death of Princess Diana in 1997 since joining CNN in 1996.
Jim Bittermann Age|Birthday
Bittermann was born and raised in Joliet, Illinois, United States. However, he has not revealed details regarding his exact date, month and year of birth in the public.
Jim Bittermann Height |weight
Bittermann has an average body height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.7 meters) tall. However, he has not confirmed his body weight in the media.
Jim Bittermann Family | Parents | Siblings
Bittermann loves keeping his personal life private. However, details about his parents and siblings is currently under review.
Nationality | Ethnicity
Bittermann holds an American nationality.
Jim Bittermann Wife
Bittermann got married to Patricia Thompson who was a Paris-based American television producer and documentary filmmaker. Additionally, they got married in 1996 and unfortunately, Thompson died in 20 December 2010, in Paris, France. There one daughter, Dr. Tess Bittermann, is as well a gastroenterologist at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. Moreover, he has been married to Mary Jean Lowe, who is a counselor at the American School of Paris since April, 2017.
Jim Bittermann Career
Later in 1970, and started in print journalism since 1965-1970 as a reporter for the Waukegan News-Sun in Waukegan, Illinois. Furthermore, his television career started at WTMJ-TV in Milwaukee from 1970 to 1972. Since 1972 -1973 he served at WQED-TV in Pittsburgh and 1973 to 1975 he became as a reporter for WKYC-TV in Cleveland, Ohio. Besides, he was with CBC News as a Toronto-based correspondent and also producer for the broadcaster’s newsmagazine since 1975-1978.
Since 1978–1990, he became a European correspondent for NBC News. Moreover, based in Rome from 1978–1979, he covered two Papal transitions and also the travels of Pope John Paul II. From 1980–1990, he was located in Paris. While there, he reported on several of the decade’s major international stories in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the Philippines, Northern and Western Africa, Japan and besides the Soviet Union. He earned a national news Emmy Award for his coverage of the 1988 Sudan famine.
Furthermore, he became Paris correspondent for ABC News from 1990 to 1996. Additionally, he has reported wars and revolutions in the Mideast, Africa and eastern Europe and also such stories as the Soccer World Cup, the travels of Pope John Paul II, and also Princess Diana’s death in 1997. Later in 2015, he covered the devastating terrorist attacks in Paris for which he and also the CNN team shared in the Royal Television Society Breaking News Award (2016).
Bittermann has been an assistant adjunct professor of communications at The American University of Paris since 1998. Besides, 2015 marked his 50th year in journalism. Furthermore, he serves on the board of governors of the American Hospital of Paris and besides the board of trustees of the Centre des Etudes des Communications Internationales.
Jim Bittermann Education
Bittermann graduated holding a Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Illinois University.
Jim Bittermann Net worth| Salary
Bittermann has an estimated net worth of between $1 million – $5 million approximately which he has received through being a Senior International Correspondent. Moreover, he earns an average salary ranging between $40,000 and $ 120,000.
