Sam Dingman
Hudson/Catskill Bureau ChiefSam Dingman is WAMC’s Hudson/Catskill Bureau Chief. Previously, he was co-host and reporter at “The Show” on KJZZ, Phoenix’s NPR station. Prior to KJZZ, Dingman was the creator and host of the acclaimed podcast “Family Ghosts,” which has been hailed as a critic’s choice by NPR, the LA Times and the New York Times. Dingman also co-hosted the BlueWire original series “The Rumor,” which was featured in the Washington Post and New York Magazine, and was a Webby honoree for Best Podcast Writing. He was story editor for Lemonada Media’s Signal Award-winning series “Pack One Bag,” writer and showrunner for John Stamos’s Webby-winning podcast “The Grand Scheme: Snatching Sinatra,” editor of Karina Longworth’s “You Must Remember This,” and a producer for WNYC’s Peabody-winning “On the Media.” He is a four-time winner of the Moth Grand and Story Slams, and has created, written, hosted, produced and edited podcasts for The Atlantic, Audible Originals, Gilded Audio, Gimlet Media, Lincoln Center, Panoply Media, Paramount Pictures, Pushkin Industries, Spotify, Slate, Stitcher, and Wondery.
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Jonathan Becker is the school's first new leader since 1975, when Leon Botstein became president. Botstein stepped down earlier this year following revelations about his connection to Jeffrey Epstein. -
The city's planning board conducted a site visit earlier this week, prompting scrutiny of the Housing Authority's plan to demolish and rebuild the property. -
A measure proposed by the Town Board earlier this summer would freeze development on hotels, restaurants, and bars for up to 27 months. -
It was mostly business as usual at lunch hour outside the Capitol - but some are skeptical of the federal government's version of events. -
Floyd Armlin died by suicide last year. His friends are raising money for suicide awareness with a car show at Cobleskill Fairgrounds. -
Low-income buyers who purchase their houses at discounted rates often end up paying property tax on the full value of their homes. -
As a Hudson Valley hospital begins the process of reducing its bed capacity, employees are worried about the future. -
Michaela Carpenter envisions a future for the hotel that leans into tensions between old and new perceptions of the region. -
The motel accepts emergency placements of Ulster County residents who become homeless. But with housing costs skyrocketing, many can't afford to leave. -
The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York, and alleges trademark infringement.
