James graduated from the University of North Texas in 2008 with a Radio, Television and Film degree. He started working for ATXN in 2009 and is currently a Video Production Specialist. He has produced 300+ videos for the City of Austin over the last 12 years, earning him 6 EMMY’s and 13 nominates. When not filming the latest PSA, James uses Reddit on behalf of the City of Austin for the 8 years, and hosts 6 “Ask Me Anything’s” a year with departmental City staff, answering questions from citizens related to their job. He has been featured in articles detailing the success on being the first successful City Government to use the platform, as well as how to deal with the inevitable trolls. Reddit this year has been instrumental during COVID-19 to get information out to /r/Austin, host COVID AMA's, and answer Austinites questions. When he’s not producing videos for the city, he plays drums in an Indie Folk-Rock band in Austin called Grand Child and is the father of two fur babies.