James Morrison
ReporterJames Morrison is a national award-winning broadcast reporter with more than seven years experience working in radio and podcasts. His work has been featured on NPR, Marketplace, Here & Now and multiple other radio outlets and podcasts. His reporting focuses on environmental and health issues, with a focus on the opioid epidemic and sustainable food systems. He was recognized with a national award for a story he reported for NPR on locally-sourced oyster farming. He also received a national award for his daily news coverage of firefighters killed in the line of duty. A podcast he produced about the fall of Saigon during the Vietnam War was accepted into the Hearsay International Audio Arts Festival.
Morrison graduated from Sacramento State University with a degree in government-journalism and began his career as a news intern at Capital Public Radio in Sacramento, California. He worked at CPR as a reporter and producer for six years before moving to Delaware Public Media to become its afternoon news anchor. He’s currently a freelance reporter in North Carolina.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is holding an open house in Raleigh Monday afternoon to solicit public feedback on a plan to open up the coast to… -
The case of the Durham Eight has reached an end. Durham District Attorney Roger Echols announced Tuesday afternoon he was dropping all charges against the… -
North Carolina is revising its policy on restraining pregnant inmates during childbirth. The current rules prohibit restraining a woman during the… -
The North Carolina Community College System and North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities signed an agreement Thursday that could make it… -
East Carolina University is on a mission to improve health and economic prosperity in rural parts of the state, and is using big data to pursue that goal.… -
A national health insurer is pledging to help North Carolina fight the opioid epidemic.The Aetna Foundation announced Tuesday it's giving $1 million… -
The drug naloxone has become key in saving lives from opioid overdoses. It’s such a vital tool for fighting the opioid epidemic that many law enforcement… -
Republicans lawmakers in Congress frequently point to North Carolina as evidence their tax overhaul will be a boon for the economy. In 2013, the state… -
Low cotton prices and a couple of bad weather years have unseated North Carolina as one of the leading cotton-producing states.Traditionally ranked around… -
Is it worthwhile for doctors to screen all the patients who come through the door about their use of opioids? Usually not, but direct connections to treatment can change the equation.
