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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Albany Police say an officer was shot early Wednesday while conducting a traffic stop in the area of North Main Avenue and Western Avenue.
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An effort is underway in south-central New York to attract people to a 190-mile stretch of the Chemung and Susquehanna Rivers for recreation.
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The 2003 National Champion has spent the last 15 years coaching at his alma mater.
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The company says the funding will allow it to expand the Fab 8 plant, build a second fab at the Saratoga County campus, and modernize its facility in Essex Junction, Vermont.
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The Congressional Naming Commission was tasked with examining U.S. military installations that commemorated the Confederacy
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The owner of Albany’s Central Warehouse says it plans to demolish what is often called the city’s biggest eyesore.
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A new study led by Cornell University finds climate warming and lake browning are making lakes in the Adirondacks unlivable for cold water species such as trout, salmon and whitefish during the summer months.
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Can the Federal Reserve pull off a so-called “soft landing” – slowing the economy enough to tame inflation without sending it into a damaging recession?
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Thacher showcases the distinctive ridge of the Helderberg Escarpment featuring 40 caves, 17 springs and 21 distinct ecological communities.
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Remington, the nation’s oldest gun maker, is closing its facility in Ilion, New York in March. About 300 people work at the site in the Herkimer County village where the company was founded in 1816.