The Poughkeepsie Journal is the hub for Poughkeepsie and the mid-Hudson Valley for community news, from breaking news and food & drink to local sports and investigative journalism.
Our team of locally-based journalists cares about the needs of our readers, our advertisers, our employees and the people of our community. We recognize that we achieve our greatest success by producing quality news products and by helping to make our community a better place.
News is published regularly online every day, in our daily eNewspaper and in print six days a week. The biggest stories of the day can be found in our Daily Briefing newsletter, which readers can subscribe to here.
When was the Poughkeepsie Journal founded?
The Journal’s roots go back to 1785, when Nicholas Power began publishing The Country Journal and The Poughkeepsie Advertiser. His four-page weekly newspaper was the first of tens of thousands of issues leading up to today’s Poughkeepsie Journal, which began publishing daily in 1860.
Besides being the oldest newspaper in New York, the Journal is the second oldest in the United States, and one of 11 newspapers that have been in continual publication since the 18th century.
The Poughkeepsie Journal serves readers in Dutchess and Ulster counties in New York.
Our website, poughkeepsiejournal.com, together with our digital mobile and tablet platforms, provides breaking news, photos, videos and other content not appearing in the print newspaper.
Who owns the Poughkeepsie Journal?
Gannett Co. Inc (NYSE: GCI) is the Poughkeepsie Journal’s parent company, operating a national flagship media brand, USA TODAY, and hundreds of media brands throughout the United States under the USA TODAY Network umbrella. It is one of the largest publishing and digital media companies in the nation.
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Who leads the Poughkeepsie Journal?
Katie Borrelli is the Local Editor. Reach her by email here.
Customer service can be reached at (877) 424-4341.
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Awards won by the Poughkeepsie Journal
Photographer Patrick Oehler received the 2024 Distinguished Online Photo Gallery in the New York News Publishers NYNPA Awards for Excellence competition in the Poughkeepsie Journal’s circulation category for his photo gallery of the swearing-in ceremony of the City of Poughkeepsie’s first Black mayor, and the cultural shift her election marked.
Other recent awards include:
The Poughkeepsie Journal won three awards in the New York News Publishers Association’s 2020 Awards for Excellence competition, including Distinguished Business Reporting for investigative reporter Saba Ali’s analysis of what it is like to be a Black business owner in Dutchess County, Distinguished Sports Writing for Stephen Haynes’ reporting on how school coaches and athletes discussed systemic racism and political division in the wake of George Floyd’s killing, and Distinguished Beat Reporting for education reporter Katelyn Cordero’s collection of work delving into world of remote learning.
Where is the Poughkeepsie Journal printed?
The Poughkeepsie Journal’s print edition is produced in Rockaway, New Jersey. Its reporters live and work in the Poughkeepsie, New York area, although we receive support from journalists across the country as part of the USA TODAY Network.
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