Jim Acosta, former Knoxville TV news reporter and anchor, has left his longtime job at CNN. Acosta, who worked at Knoxville's NBC affiliate WBIR from 1995 to 1998, was a prominent face of CNN until his sudden departure this week. He was known for holding President Donald Trump to account.

On his way out, Acosta encouraged viewers to record his parting message — ‘Don’t give into the fear’ — and share it on social media.

The network is moving Wolf Blitzer, a well-known CNN anchor, into his time slot, along with a co-anchor, Pamela Brown. Mr. Acosta’s show is third place in his time slot for total viewers, behind both MSNBC and Fox News, though he has outperformed his MSNBC competitor in the key demographic for advertisers.