James Edwards has held a variety of producing and reporting roles at media outlets such as FRONTLINE, WBEZ Chicago, Public Radio International, WGBH, and the newsmagazine Need To Know on PBS. James served as a producer with WBEZ’s podcast team, where he was the lead producer for the award-winning podcast 16 Shots, and developed and produced the series South Side Stories, a partnership with Comedy Central that marked the first collaboration between a public media outlet and a major cable network. In addition to his journalism and podcast work, James has also been a research consultant on a number of TV, film, and documentary projects, including the feature films Candyman (2021) and The Good Nurse (2022), and the HBO series Lovecraft Country.
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