Jim DeFede joined CBS News Miami in January 2006 and serves as an investigative reporter for the station, as well as a host of its Sunday morning public affairs program "Facing South Florida." He has ...

Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami Dade College Trustees to donate land for the proposed Trump ...

In this week’s edition of Facing South Florida: CBS News Miami’s Jim DeFede investigates the millions of dollars in state funding cuts for meal programs. These cuts have left many seniors and ...

In this week’s edition of Facing South Florida: CBS News Miami's Jim Defede goes in-depth on the second vote by the Miami ...

In this week’s edition of Facing South Florida: CBS News Miami’s Jim Defede interviews Florida Lt. Governor Jay Collins, who is mulling a run for governor in 2026. They discuss Collins’ decorated ...

Five weeks after the Miami Herald canned columnist Jim DeFede, his spot in the newsroom appeared, well, rather strange. A crash dummy in a baseball cap, jeans, and Nikes sat in his chair. Its left ...

Former Florida Democratic Party leader Jason Pizzo, who left the party last month saying it was “dead,” said Sunday that he’s planning to run as an independent in the 2026 governor’s race. Pizzo, in ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. This past week we’ve seen a few examples of reporters speaking to sources who were unaware that they were ...

I just finished a book by Jim DeFede titled "The Day the World Came to Town." It is the extraordinary story of a small town in Newfoundland and what they did on 9/11. Immediately after the Trade ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Jim DeFede is an Investigative Reporter for the CBS4, Miami with three videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2002 Interview as an Author. The year with ...