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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On this week’s 51%, we speak with author Nanda Reddy about her new novel A Girl Within a Girl Within a Girl. An exploration of identity and the immigrant experience, A Girl Within a Girl Within a Girl follows Maya, an Indo-Guyanese woman, as she confronts the many versions of herself, she had to create in order to escape her traumatic youth and survive as an undocumented immigrant in the U.S. -
The Poughkeepsie Town Board narrowly voted to adopt “good cause” eviction legislation at its meeting Wednesday. -
The executive director of Hudson Hall is stepping down this fall after more than a decade with the organization. -
The New York state budget is late again. WAMC’s Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Jesse King spoke with lawmakers in the Hudson Valley about their top concerns as negotiations continue. -
Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger signed an executive order Monday reaffirming the county’s protections for transgender residents. -
Before Kingston Mayor Steve Noble announced plans to remove the Pike Plan canopies on Wall and North Front Streets last year, the city sent a fake letter to the state supporting its demolition. -
The Ulster County clerk says he will not file a summary judgement against a New Paltz, New York doctor being sued in Texas for prescribing abortion medication via telehealth. -
We internalize a lot of ideas about womanhood, good and bad, as we grow up. On this week’s 51%, we speak with Dr. Samra Zafar about how to ditch the bad ones. In her new book Unconditional, Zafar shares her journey of escaping an abusive, forced marriage and unlearning her long-held beliefs around love and womanhood. -
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano urged New York state to grant a gaming license for the city’s casino in his annual State of the City address Wednesday. -
Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger laid out a plan Wednesday to invest nearly $5 million in EMS agencies and plug service gaps across the county.
