''The Hudson Reporter'' is a

newspaper A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, spor ...

chain based in

Hudson County, New Jersey Hudson County is the most densely populated county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It lies west of the lower Hudson River, which was named for Henry Hudson, the sea captain who explored the area in 1609. Part of New Jersey's Gateway Region in ...

. ''The Hudson Reporter'' publications mainly focus on local politics and community news. The oldest newspaper in the chain is the ''

Hoboken Reporter ''The Hudson Reporter'' is a newspaper chain based in Hudson County, New Jersey. ''The Hudson Reporter'' publications mainly focus on local politics and community news. The oldest newspaper in the chain is the '' Hoboken Reporter'', founded in 19 ...

'', founded in 1983. The company publishes eight weekly newspapers and three local lifestyle magazines. The papers cover news and features in

Bayonne Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine r ...

Hoboken Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,69 ...

Jersey City Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.North Bergen North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a total population of 63,361. The township was founded in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by ...

Weehawken Weehawken is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located largely on the Hudson Palisades overlooking the Hudson River. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 17,197.

Secaucus Secaucus ( ) is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States census, the town's population was 16,264,West New York West New York is a town in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 52,912. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates ...

, Union City, and Guttenberg. The lifestyle magazines cover Bayonne (''Bayonne: Life on the Peninsula''), Hoboken (''07030''), and Jersey City (''Jersey City Magazine'').Pasquariello, Rory (June 12, 2016)
"''Hudson Reporter'' offices move: Newspaper chain relocates to new building in Bayonne"
''The Hudson Reporter''.

History

''The Hudson Reporter'' was founded in 1983 by Hoboken-based developer

Joseph Barry Joseph Barry (born 1940) is an American real estate developer and co-founder of the Applied Housing Companies and founder of the ''Hudson Reporter'' newspaper chain."''Hudson Reporter'' chain expands Newspaper company purchases Bayonne Community News"
''The Hudson Reporter''. February 6, 2004.Clark, Zane (June 10, 2018)
"Newspaper Media Group acquires the Hudson Reporter newspaper chain"
''The Mt. Laurel Sun''. which Barry published out of a small building in downtown Hoboken. It subsequently moved to a basement office on 14th Street. As Barry's real estate holdings in Hudson County grew throughout the 1980s, the organization bought a chain of local newspapers and consolidated them into a coordinated weekly paper group. In 1995 the chain moved to a large, historic bank building at 1400 Washington Street, across the street from the basement office. Lucha Malato joined the company in 1983 and David Unger in 1985. both becoming his minority partners. In 1987, the chain began ''The Secaucus Reporter''. In addition to articles written by the reporting staff, the paper's letters-to-the-editor page spawned a book of letters, ''Yuppies Invade My House at Dinnertime'', in 1987. It eventually added similar papers as part of its ''Reporter'' brand for

, Union City, and

West New York West New York is a town in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, situated upon the New Jersey Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 52,912. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates ...

. The company purchased the ''Bayonne Community News'' in 2004 and relocated to Bayonne in 2016. In 1999, with the real estate market becoming even busier, Barry no longer had time to dedicate to the newspapers, and sold his majority share in the company to Malato and Unger.

After both offices lost power during

Hurricane Sandy Hurricane Sandy (unofficially referred to as ''Superstorm Sandy'') was an extremely destructive and strong Atlantic hurricane, as well as the largest Atlantic hurricane on record as measured by diameter, with tropical-storm-force winds spann ...

in October/November 2012, the staff worked out of

Palisades Medical Center Palisades Medical Center (PMC) is a 186-bed hospital located in North Bergen, New Jersey, United States, that serves a population of 400,000 in Hudson County and in Southern Bergen County. The non-profit medical center is part of the Hackensack M ...

. In early June 2016, after 33 years in Hoboken, the paper moved its main office to 447 Broadway in Bayonne, three blocks from the 22nd Street Light Rail station. The consolidation of the staff at the new location also saw the closing of the small satellite office in Bayonne that published the ''Bayonne Community News'' for years. Among the reasons Malato cited for the move was the amount of unused space at the previous Hoboken location, such as the large

darkroom A darkroom is used to process photographic film, to make prints and to carry out other associated tasks. It is a room that can be made completely dark to allow the processing of the light-sensitive photographic materials, including film and ph ...

that became obsolete since the staff's adoption of digital photography around 2000. The company continued using its distribution facility in North Bergen. On June 10, 2018, it was announced that publishers Lucha Malato and David Unger had sold the Hudson Reporter Assoc. LP, the company that publishes their papers, to the Newspaper Media Group (NMG) of

Cherry Hill, New Jersey Cherry Hill is a township within Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a population of 74,553, which reflected an increase of 3,508 (+4.94%) from the 71,045 counted in the 2010 census.< ...

, a publisher of more than 50 weekly community newspapers in Central and Southern New Jersey and Philadelphia, as well as a monthly newspaper on

Staten Island Staten Island ( ) is a Boroughs of New York City, borough of New York City, coextensive with Richmond County, in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located in the city's southwest portion, the borough is separated from New Jersey b ...

. NMG owner and CEO Richard Donnelly stated, "The decision to purchase the Hudson Reporter was an easy one. The award-winning publications fit perfectly into our successful business model of community newspapers. Pooling resources and talent will ensure an even greater success story down the road. We are excited to add this exceptional group of papers to our growing family.""Newspaper Media Group (NMG) acquires Hudson Reporter Assoc. LP, a group of 8 weekly local newspapers"
''

Philadelphia Weekly ''Philadelphia Weekly'' (''PW'') is a website based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, a ...

''. June 8, 2018 By June 2021, the company's headquarters had moved down further south to 166-168 Broadway.

Accolades

The chain and its writers have won numerous awards for investigative reporting, going beyond the norm for weekly newspapers. The company has become a training ground for reporters and writers in the New York area, having sent two to ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'', and several to other top publications including ''

The Star-Ledger ''The Star-Ledger'' is the largest circulated newspaper in the U.S. state of New Jersey and is based in Newark. It is a sister paper to '' The Jersey Journal'' of Jersey City, ''The Times'' of Trenton and the '' Staten Island Advance'', all of ...

'' and news organizations like

Associated Press The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. new ...

. Other writers, like Caren Matzner, have published novels.

Publications

Current publications

As of June 2018, ''The Hudson Reporter'' publishes the following eight community newspapers: *''Jersey City Reporter'' *''Hoboken Reporter'' *''Union City Reporter'' *''West New York Reporter'' *''Weehawken Reporter'' *''North Bergen Reporter'' *''Secaucus Reporter'' *''

Bayonne Community News The ''Bayonne Community News'' is a weekly community newspaper serving Bayonne, in Hudson County, New Jersey. The paper is one of nine weekly publications produced by The Hudson Reporter Assoc., L.P. The ''Community News'' was founded in 1978 by ...

'' The company also publishes three magazines: *''Jersey City Magazine'',''Jersey City Magazine''
printed twice annually *''07030'', a magazine about Hoboken *''Bayonne: Life on the Peninsula''

Former publications

*''Hudson Current'', an arts and entertainment publication *''Gateway Guide'', a quarterly New Jersey tourism magazine published until late 2006

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hudson Reporter, The Mass media in Hudson County, New Jersey Newspapers published in New Jersey Companies based in Hudson County, New Jersey