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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Rep. Joe Morelle is pushing for the passage of a decade-long community violence prevention program. On Tuesday, at the Boys and Girls Club of Rochester,…
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Before he crashed his town-owned Chevy Tahoe on Route 390 and continued driving on three wheels with a trail of sparks in his wake last month, former…
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Two local towns, Gates and Irondequoit, have opted out of cannabis dispensaries and marijuana lounges and bars within their borders, for the time being.…
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A vote to station Rochester Police outside of several city middle and high schools has been tabled for now. The decision was made Thursday during City…
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After several violent incidents in and around Rochester city schools, union leaders from the district requested that Superintendent Lesli Myers-Small…
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Several Frederick Douglass statues have dotted Rochester’s cityscape since 2018. The hope is that by next summer, they'll be brought indoors and auctioned off.
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For exactly one year, Foodlink Advocacy specialist Tom Silva and a few dozen of his co-workers have been working on a plan to unionize their workplace.“We…
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2021 is not a congressional or presidential election year, and the highest-profile local race-- Rochester mayor – was all but settled with Malik Evans’…
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Justus Singleton, a 16-year-old who attends UPrep High School, was one of hundreds of students who got to hammer nails, drill screws, and fit pipes at the…
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Days after leaders from four Rochester City School unions asked the district to address growing security concerns – including an incident when someone…