Jesse King
Hudson Valley Bureau Chief/Host, 51%Jesse King is the host of WAMC's national program on women's issues, "51%" and the station's bureau chief in the Hudson Valley. She has also produced episodes of the WAMC podcast "A New York Minute In History."
A graduate of SUNY Oneonta, King first joined the WAMC newsroom as an intern in September 2018. She grew up an avid writer and radio-nerd in Apalachin, New York, and spent much of her college years managing WONY 90.9 FM, contributing to the student-run podcast, "Oneonta Voices," and interning with Phoenix FM in Dublin, Ireland. She holds a B.A. in Music Industry and Mass Communications, and plays the fiddle in her free time.
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An interview with Wendy Talio of the Living Artist Society, which has sponsored a pair of events remembering the 1949 Peekskill riots. -
Officials are celebrating an expanded location for Dutchess County’s Empowerment Center in recognition of National Recovery Month. -
New York Governor Kathy Hochul is reportedly working on a new version of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s congestion pricing plan in New York City, after indefinitely pausing the toll this summer. But lawmakers in the Hudson Valley remain skeptical. -
On this week’s 51%, we speak with the cast and crew of an upcoming production of Heidi Schreck’s 2017 play, What the Constitution Means to Me, at Hubbard Hall in upstate New York. We also take a trip to Sheffield, Massachusetts, to learn about civil rights icon Elizabeth Freeman, who successfully sued for her freedom during the Revolutionary War. And we remember Dr. Alice Green, activist and founder of Albany’s Center for Law and Justice, who died in August at age 84. -
Many employees and residents at Poughkeepsie’s Vassar-Warner Home are still holding out hope that something can be done to save the nursing home before its expected closure in October. -
Beacon, New York is the latest city in the Hudson Valley to embrace the state’s good cause eviction law. -
On this week’s 51%, we speak with the cast and crew of an upcoming production of Heidi Schreck’s 2017 play, What the Constitution Means to Me, at Hubbard Hall in upstate New York. We also take a trip to Sheffield, Massachusetts, to learn about civil rights icon Elizabeth Freeman, who successfully sued for her freedom during the Revolutionary War. And we remember Dr. Alice Green, activist and founder of Albany’s Center for Law and Justice, who died in August at age 84.
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On this week's 51%, we recognize National Breastfeeding Month. We learn from lactation consultant Cara Banks about what new moms should know as they navigate breastfeeding, and how they can adjust if it doesn't come easily. Our associate producer, Jody Cowan also speaks with singer-songwriter Girl Blue about her new song, and how she balances music with motherhood. -
The stalled construction of a bridge along the Harlem Valley Rail Trail in Columbia County has created tension between Hillsdale business owners and New York state officials, as shops and restaurants say they’re missing out during the crucial summer tourism season. -
On this week’s 51%, our associate producer Jody Cowan speaks with ethnobotanist Dr. Ina Vandebroek and anthropologist Dr. Cynthia Fowler about efforts in the science community to address racism and decolonize the way we study and name native plants around the world.
