Jim Morelli

Jim Morelli

Reporter

Jim Morelli is a general assignment reporter for Boston 25 News. He joined WFXT in January 2015. Jim previously worked as a freelance correspondent for CNN, specializing in medical stories out of the Boston area. Boston 25 is Jim's second stop in the Boston television market. From 2004 to 2009, Jim worked as a reporter and fill-in anchor for WCVB. Jim's television career began in Atlanta, Georgia. He first worked as an associate producer for The Airport Network, then moved on to writing and anchoring for CNN Headline News and CNN Radio. Jim's first local news reporting job was also in Atlanta, at WGCL. Jim is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston. He also holds a Master's degree in civil engineering from Tufts University. Jim is the author of two non-fiction books -- one of which, Poison: How To Handle the Hazardous Substances In Your Home -- generated an appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He also completed a novel. When he's not writing, Jim is either at the gym, in the garden or coaching soccer.

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Mass. community trying to save thriving bird colony as habitat threatened

<p>They eat mosquitoes and other insects, but since the <span class="wsc-spelling-problem" data-spelling-word="1980s" data-wsc-lang="en_US">1980s</span>, the population of barn swallows has decreased dramatically in New England. In Hadley, there's an effort to save a large, thriving colony of birds from the federal government's potential plan to demolish the barn they've been migrating to spring after spring.</p>

By Jim Morelli

Warming trend in lakes leading to harmful bacteria outbreaks

<p>Don't swim, don't swallow, and most pertinent now that it's fall, keep pets away. Lake Cochituate in Framingham may look pristine, but the state Department of Public Health lists it as <a href="https://www.mass.gov/alerts/harmful-cyanobacterial-bloom-advisories-in-massachusetts#undefined" target="_blank">one of about a dozen</a> bodies of fresh water in Massachusetts contaminated with harmful levels of the blue-green algae known as cyanobacteria.&nbsp;</p>

By Jim Morelli

'The Mighty Quinn' can finally leave his house

<p>A milestone on Sunday for a little boy from Weymouth as he recovers from cancer treatment. Quinn waters, otherwise known as 'The Mighty Quinn' can finally come out of his house.</p>

By Jim Morelli

Thousands turn out for Jimmy Fund Walk in Boston

<p>More than 8,000 people came out to Boston this weekend for the annual Jimmy Fund Walk. They made it from <span class="wsc-spelling-problem" data-spelling-word="Hopkinton" data-wsc-lang="en_US">Hopkinton</span> to Boston to raise money for the <span class="wsc-spelling-problem" data-spelling-word="Dana-Farber" data-wsc-lang="en_US">Dana-Farber</span> Cancer Institute.</p>

By Jim Morelli

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