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 Riverkeeper's Dan Shapley about a large harmful algae bloom the organization is monitoring in the Hudson River estuary. -
Four of the Democrats hoping to challenge New York Congressman Mike Lawler next year took part in a forum Wednesday. -
Scenic Hudson recently opened its new headquarters at the site of a once-abandoned factory in Poughkeepsie. -
On this week's 51%, we speak with psychologist Dr. Ingrid Clayton about her new book, Fawning: Why the Need to Please Makes Us Lose Ourselves — and How to Find Our Way Back. Many of us are familiar with the three main survival responses: fight, flight and freeze. When those options seem too dangerous or unavailable, Clayton says drawing closer and appeasing a painful person/situation can feel like the last resort. Often confused with “codependency” and “people pleasing,” Clayton says “fawning” is an unconscious trauma response that takes time and patience to unlearn. -
Residents of Catskill, New York, recently pitched their ideas for the village’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative award. -
A cannabis company is planning to open a processing facility in Middletown, New York, but it won’t sell its wares there, due to the city’s own rules against dispensaries. -
New York State and local officials say the southbound lanes of the Saw Mill River Parkway will remain closed at Exit 13 in Hastings-on-Hudson until at least Monday evening, as crews work to repair a partial road collapse. -
An interview with Amy Summers, executive director of the new mentorship organization Mentoring MUSE. -
After naturalization ceremonies, new citizens are often given applications to register to vote. New guidance from the federal government, however, restricts who can hand out applications at these events — and it had some local officials scrambling before a recent ceremony in Ulster County. -
On this week’s 51%, we chat with Julie Gedro, dean of the College of Business at SUNY’s Empire State University, about what the decline in remote jobs means for women workers. We also learn about a new mentorship program for underserved women in New York’s Ulster County, and debate where the Equal Rights Amendment stands today.
