107. Gossips of Rivertown

Carole Osterink writes The Gossips of Rivertown, a blog that is news and commentary (and takes its name from a novel by a Hudson writer). It’s a must-read for all of us who live here. This episode tune into Carole’s story, how she chooses what to cover, if she considers herself a journalist andtr advise if you want to start a hyperlocal news sources like it in your town.

I hope you have something like it where you live. And I hope it’s written by someone like Carole.

Hyperlocal newspapers & blogs (please send in more!):

• A Little Beacon Blog (Beacon)
• Croton History & Mysteries (Croton)
• The Daily Catch (Red Hook and Rhinebeck)
• Daily Freeman (Ulster, Green & No. Dutchess Counties)
• The Gardiner Gazette (Gardiner):
• The Gossips of Rivertown (Hudson)
• The Highlands Current (Philipstown, Cold Spring, Garrison)
• The Hudson Valley Pilot (Rhinebeck)
• Hudson Valley One (Ulster County)
• Hudson Valley Post
• IMBY (several counties)
• Kingston Wire (Kingston)
• Mid-Hudson News
• Ossining History on the Run (Ossining)
• Tgazette (Taghkanic)
• Bluestone Press (Marbletown, Rochester, Rosendale)

Plus, Mat was recently interviewed on the Rhinebeck Scoop podcast about Cidiot.

There are also many good visitor and travel blogs to the Hudson Valley, but that’s a separate list. Let me know if I should put one together.

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