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James Hartley is a journalist at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram specializing in breaking news, features, longform narratives and general assignment work. He has won awards from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors and Society of Professional Journalists.
When he's not working, James enjoys binging movies, taking impromptu road trips and going on adventures with his Minolta SRT202 film camera.

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His killing in Tarrant jail exposed failures, abuse. But he was more than just an inmate

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Texas officials say all hostages safe, out of Colleyville synagogue; hostage-taker dead

Texas officials say all hostages safe, out of Colleyville synagogue; hostage-taker dead

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As sprawl threatens their way of life, modern cowboys preserve Texas culture through rodeo

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Nightlife returns to reopened Fort Worth, Arlington bars amid coronavirus pandemic

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White Settlement police chief announces retirement after 4 years, joins BNSF Railway police

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By James Hartley Verified
| KERA News (Dallas, TX) Verified
White Settlement Police Chief Christopher Cook is retiring after about four years as the city’s top cop. Cook, who grew up in White Settlement, took the post as the department’s leader after serving as deputy police chief in Arlington. Cook announced in a news release Friday that he will officially retire Aug. 31.
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Attorneys say 2012 Arlington stabbing death suspect is innocent, had constitutional rights violated

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By James Hartley Verified
| KERA News (Dallas, TX) Verified
Defense attorneys for Mayra Velasquez are questioning evidence used to arrest and charge her with capital murder in the 2012 stabbing death of Irasema Chavez, according to a statement from the law firm. Velasquez was arrested July 17 after police said new DNA evidence identified her as the person who stabbed Chavez more than 100 times in her Arlington apartment kitchen 14 years ago.
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Trash, a drop of blood and genealogy: How Arlington police and FBI made an arrest in a 2012 killing

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By James Hartley Verified
| KERA News (Dallas, TX) Verified
When investigators were searching for evidence in Irasema Chavez's apartment, they collected a drop of blood off a TV stand in the bedroom. Chavez was found dead in the kitchen of her Arlington apartment on January 20, 2012, stabbed more than 100 times. Her body was found just before 9 a.m., according to police, by a niece who had been dropped off to spend the day there. They had few leads to work with.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Breaking news and enterprise at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes.

How is social media changing news?

It's making it more difficult for the public to discern truth, but also giving journalists a larger platform to share stories and news.

Awards

TIPA Journalist of the Year

2017 - Overall journalism

The Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Journalist of the Year award is given to one Texas student journalist each year. This award comes with a paid internship. In 2017, the internship was with the Tyler Morning Telegraph in Tyler, Texas.