Jim Levulis
Assistant News DirectorEmail: jlevulis@wamc.org
Born and raised in Eden, NY, Jim has been WAMC’s Assistant News Director since October 2016. Since 2020, Jim has hosted WAMC's main news programs: Midday Magazine, Northeast Report and Northeast Report Late Edition. From 2013 to 2016, he worked as WAMC's Berkshire Bureau Chief. Jim is also the founding and managing producer of the podcast A New York Minute In History. He previously worked as a reporter, producer and anchor at WAER, an NPR member station in Syracuse. He has experience in Top 40 radio and has spent time with NPR member station WBFO and CBS-affiliate WIVB-TV, both in Buffalo.
Jim's work has won numerous awards from the New York State Associated Press Association, the New York State Broadcasters Association, the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association and the Syracuse Press Club. He was also a finalist for the 2015 Mirror Awards, handed out by Syracuse University. His work on A New York Minute In History won a Regional Edward R. Murrow Award for best podcast in 2021.
Jim holds a BA in Broadcast Journalism and History from Syracuse University.
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Price Chopper/Market 32 says it has purchased the leases of the five ShopRite stores slated for closure in New York’s Capital Region.
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Craig Tremaroli most recently served as section chief in the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
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The outdoor retailer plans to utilize 25,000 square feet at Crossgates Mall beginning in fall 2024.
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The proposal follows recommendations made by a stretch limousine passenger safety task force created after the 2018 Schoharie crash that killed 20 people.
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The Massachusetts outdoor recreation fund would use money from existing sales tax revenue from the sale of sporting goods
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New York’s attorney general says the planned closure of a birthing center in Troy has been delayed until at least June 2024.
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National Geographic scientist-photographer Anand Varma captures images of beautiful secrets hiding in plain sight. We’ll speak with Varma about his book “Invisible Wonders: Photographs of the Hidden World.” And we’ll learn about a federally funded initiative that is researching urban forests.
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The former Saratoga Springs police chief took the stand Friday in the civil trial where jurors will determine if police were responsible for injuring Darryl Mount Jr. in August 2013.
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The Saratoga Springs Chief of Police was among those questioned Thursday in the trial where jurors will determine if police were responsible for injuring Darryl Mount Jr. in August 2013.
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The University at Albany is getting $5 million from the Forest Service to create a Center for Ecosystem-based Climate Adaptation.