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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New York Congressman Mike Lawler defended his vote for President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” at a town hall Sunday night. -
On this week’s 51%, we take a feminist self-defense course with IMPACT Boston Executive Director Meg Stone. In her new book, The Cost of Fear, Stone says a majority of the safety advice given to women – like “Don’t walk at night,” “Don’t put your hair in a ponytail” – is well-meaning, but sexist, and doesn’t actually address gender-based violence on a large scale. -
Woodstock is known as the “Colony of Arts." Does that mean residents must tolerate late-night rock n’ roll? That’s part of the debate around a proposed update to Woodstock’s noise ordinance, which is drawing criticism from all sides. -
With its last graduation in western Massachusetts in the rearview mirror, Bard College at Simon’s Rock is preparing to relocate from Great Barrington to the Hudson Valley this fall. -
On this week’s 51%, we chat with rising Broadway star Jasmine Amy Rogers about her Tony-nominated performance in BOOP! The Musical, and how she gets in character for the iconic role of Betty Boop. We also stop by a lecture with the author of Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her. -
Dutchess County officials celebrated the completion of the first housing project supported by the county’s Housing Trust Fund Thursday. -
After a months-long debate over whether to cut the county sales tax rate, Putnam County Executive Kevin Byrne says he and lawmakers have reached a compromise that will share tax revenue with local municipalities. -
The Democratic candidates for town supervisor and board in Woodstock, New York discussed water policy and how to address a nearby illegal dump at a recent forum. -
The City of Newburgh, New York cut the ribbon on a new multimillion-dollar aquatic center Friday, just in time for the summer swim season. -
Residents of Poughkeepsie rallied against Dutchess County’s plans for a new homeless shelter in the city Thursday night, accusing county leaders of negotiating the plans in bad faith and using the Fifth Ward as a “dumping ground” for social services.
