I use sounds to tell stories about
what is, and what could be.
NeEddra James is a Bay Area reporter and audio producer covering health and disability justice and the impact of emerging technologies on everyday life.
They’ve covered perimenopausal ADHD and the marginalization of women in medicine, and are exploring how grief tech platforms—like AI memorial apps—are changing how we mourn and remember.
Their journalism follows how people move through systems that shape perception and possibility—navigating complexity, meaning, and access in environments where recognition and care are often uneven.
Radio & Podcasts
State of Mind: what is and isn't working in mental health
The LeaderLab Podcast
Senior Producer
LifeLabs Learning Branded Podcast
Air Date: 2021-2022
In each episode, the LeaderLab introduces listeners to a new leadership skill in less than 11 minutes. The podcast is packed with research, humor, and experiments for you to try in your laboratory of life.
UpRooted Trailer
Host/Reporter/Producer
UC Berkeley Advanced Media Institute, 2021
Discover how DNA genealogy kits empower Black and Brown Americans to reclaim their ancestral lineages. Join host NeEddra James, for an insightful journey into the potential and controversy of the commercial genetic genealogy market.
Print Journalism
Oakland Hills neighbors alerted each other through group chats, used hoses to put out fires as area burned
NeEddra James, October 20, 2024
Around 1:45 p.m. Friday, Benjamin Walker awoke to the sound of firefighters in the backyard of his Sanford Street home.
He jumped out of bed, looked outside and saw the oak tree on the fence line of his yard burning.
“Holy shit!” he said aloud.
Still in a post-nap daze, he scrambled to figure out what to do next.