Jamal Harris Jr.
Multimedia ReporterJamal Harris Jr. joined the BTPM news team in September of 2024. He serves as the local host for NPR’s “All Things Considered” as well a government reporter.
As a government reporter Jamal focuses primarily on local municipalities outside of the city of Buffalo.
Jamal has been awarded the Buffalo Broadcasters Association 'Rising Star' award.
A Cleveland Hill High School and Hilbert College graduate, Jamal stays active in the area. He is a certified Section 6 basketball referee.
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County officials gather outside the Rath Building to bring awareness to suicide prevention. -
Boycotts and protests at the two East Side stores continues on from local residents. This, after a video on social media showed several employees restraining and seemingly preparing to beat a woman with a large wooden object. -
Speaker Carl Heastie continued his tour of Western New York, announcing funds for youth recreational programming and a historic church in the Southtowns. -
Attorneys representing King Center Charter School’s Board of Trustees and the school’s terminated administrators argued in court Thursday morning their respective positions. -
Buffalo Public Schools Superintendent Pascal Mubenga kick offs school visits at Houghton Academy -
Republican leaders gathered outside of a public hearing on the future of the state's energy goals to sound off on the direction New York state could be heading for. -
In this edition of "A Closer Look," Ryan Zunner sits down with Jamal Harris Jr. to discuss the ongoing administration battle at King Center Charter School in Buffalo. -
Chaos ensued this morning at King Center Charter School over the board’s initial decision to ignore a judge’s order temporarily reinstating principal Antoinette Radford and three other administrators. -
King Center Charter School held a special board meeting last night to address the vacant principal position. -
Pascal Mubenga, discusses how he’s getting up to speed with leading the region’s largest school district.
