James Brown
WXXI News reporterJames Brown is a reporter with WXXI News. James previously spent a decade in marketing communications, while freelance writing for CITY Newspaper. While at CITY, his reporting focused primarily on arts and entertainment.
James cut his teeth in journalism as an associate producer and weekend assignment editor at WHEC-TV.
A Rochester native and an East High School graduate, James earned a bachelor of communications degree from Niagara University, where he won awards for his poetry and resurrected the school’s radio station.
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As Rochester’s Police Accountability Board begins its look at how city police handled the Daniel Prude protests last summer, the department released a… -
Saying the COVID-19 infection rate in New York has begun declining, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is lifting some restrictions in nearly all orange and yellow… -
The Republican president of the Monroe County Legislature said the county health department should handle vaccine distribution itself. Currently each… -
Shuttle buses full of people stopped Monday at Mount Olivet Baptist Church on Adams Street as part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan for “fairness and equity”… -
Sister Grace Miller says COVID-19 forced the House of Mercy’s doors shut. That’s a rarity in the homeless shelter’s three decades of operation.“For the… -
Rochester Teachers Association leader Adam Urbanski is urging the district to pause in-person instruction as part of a hybrid learning plan until teachers… -
540 West Main founder Calvin Eaton said the organization took their social justice themed workshops online because of the COVID-19 pandemic and with that… -
New York state has decided to allow all bars and restaurants in orange zones statewide to resume indoor dining at 50% capacity. That decision is in… -
One of Rochester’s largest suburbs will have a new leader next year. Irondequoit Supervisor Dave Seeley will not seek another term in office. The Democrat… -
In the first part of Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren’s State of the City Address released via video Thursday, she expressed support for turning more than…
