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 temperatures reached the 90s Monday, the city of Rochester declared a heat emergency.To help residents stay cool, the city and Avangrid, Rochester Gas… -
The most controversial Starbucks in Monroe County opened Friday near the Brighton-Pittsford border and Interstate 590. The coffee shop and the Whole Foods… -
A public hearing, sponsored by State Sen. Samra Brouk, was held at the Monroe County Office Building Thursday. Brouk sits on the New York State Senate’s… -
Deep in Letchworth State Park, Catherine Abida and her son Ali sat on a bench in a pine tree-lined oasis. “What do you like about this trail?” Abida asked… -
During remarks at the city’s violence prevention summit at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center on Thursday, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren made her… -
U.S. Attorney James Kennedy and other law enforcement leaders took questions about gun violence for more than two hours Tuesday at SUNY Brockport’s… -
Assemblymember Demond Meeks, and a group of community activists, are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to take bold action to stem the opioid crisis. During a… -
As part of the state’s push to decrease gun violence, New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Rochester’s David Gantt R-Center on North Street on… -
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that include criminal possession of a firearm, which is a felony, and misdemeanor… -
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren and her estranged husband, Timothy Granison, are scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on five charges including one class E…
