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Early life and education

Braude, an only child, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1949 and raised in the Center City area. He graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia in 1966. He went to the

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for his bachelor's degree and to

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for his

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degree.

Personal life

Braude has two children adopted from China.

Legal career

He began his legal career as a legal services lawyer in the

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neighborhood of New York City with housing and prisoner's rights cases. He was the founder and first president of the National Organization of Legal Services Workers (NOLSW), a UAW affiliated union which represented staff in civil legal offices for the poor in various states. He subsequently served as the executive director of the Tax Equity Alliance for Massachusetts (TEAM), a tax reform coalition. He published the magazine ''Otherwise'', on American politics. Braude later served as a

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City Councilor.

Broadcast journalism career

He co-hosts, with Margery Eagan of Boston Public Radio, a midday talk show on WGBH radio that airs on weekdays. The pair formerly hosted the Jim & Margery Show

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, before that station became a music station in January 2013. He also hosted ''Broadside with Jim Braude'' on

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(NECN). In mid-January 2015, he announced his departure from NECN. On January 22, 2015, he was named as the executive editor and host of WGBH News local television news and analysis program, ''Greater Boston'', replacing long-time host Emily Rooney. He departed the program on December 15, 2022.

Awards

Braude won a local

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and an

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award for his work on NECN.

References

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