Jim Sciutto

James Ernest Sciutto (born March 10, 1970) is an American news anchor and former government official who has been the chief national security correspondent for CNN since September 2013.

In this role he provides analysis on a variety of topics concerning United States national security, including foreign policy, the military, terrorism, and the intelligence community.

Sciutto is a 1992 graduate of Yale College (Pierson residential house) where he majored in Chinese history and graduated cum laude.

Sciutto began his career in television as the moderator and the producer of the PBS program The Student Press, a weekly public affairs talk show aimed at college students.

Sciutto was the Hong Kong correspondent for Asia Business News, and covered the return of Hong Kong to China in 1997.

Sciutto also covered stories in China, Mongolia, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, and South Korea.

He joined ABC News in 1998, working in Chicago before moving to Washington, D.C. to cover the Pentagon.

Sciutto was an appointee of the Obama administration, serving as chief of staff and senior advisor to the U.S. Ambassador to China, Gary Locke.

In 2006, he married ABC News Correspondent Gloria Riviera in a Roman Catholic ceremony in Manhattan.

From 2011 to 2013, he served as chief of staff to U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing.

Prior to his appointment as chief of staff, he was senior foreign correspondent for ABC News, based in London.

He is the author of Against Us: The New Face of America's Enemies in the Muslim World among other books.

He anchors CNN Newsroom with Jim Sciutto weekdays from 2-3pm ET on CNN Max.

Sciutto attended St. Ignatius Loyola School before Regis High School in Manhattan.

He is of Italian and Irish descent.