The Monroe Gazette Is Dead

The (new) Monroe Gazette is a newsletter (which you’re reading) that borrowed its name from the original, which was a newspaper published in Monroe, New York, from 1908 to 1982.

The newsletter is written and edited by B.J. Mendelson, a journalist, and author of such books as Social Media Is Bullshit from St. Martin’s Press, Privacy: And How We Get It Back from Curious Reads — which became The End of Privacy on Audible — and a new book currently in development. BJ has also ghostwritten two books, one of which became a best-seller in its category on Amazon.

This newsletter covers local news in New York’s Southern Orange County and national issues. (We tried for a long time to just focus on the local end of things, but it’s become impossible to separate the two things with the current Trump administration. So now we do both.)

B.J. can be reached at BJMendelson@Duck.com. You can send stories and news tips anonymously using Signal by sending them to 646-331-8341. If you’re unfamiliar with Signal, here’s how to get it. It’s free.

I Like This New Monroe Gazette. How Can I Support It?

The Monroe Gazette is a free email newsletter. But …

We aim to find 100 monthly paid subscribers who support local, independent journalism.

Does that sound like you?

If so, you can become a monthly paid subscriber for $10. (Please don’t buy the annual plan. Substack doesn’t let us turn that off as an option.)

Monthly subscribers get access to our archive, which goes behind a paywall after one year and can leave comments on our articles. You also get access to our subscriber only Facebook group.

Other subscriber benefits may follow, but that’s it for now.