Hudson Valley Echo is the Hudson Valley’s most community minded and accessible news and information source. Available only online, we strive to achieve a number of the highest goals:

• To provide a quality online magazine that informs, investigates, and inspires its Hudson Valley readership
• To ignite a rich, vibrant local community through discussion in open forums where every opinion matters
• To counter the careless, material, and destructive messages that are so common in today’s media
• To awaken social consciousness and awareness through honest and provocative communication
• To expose the ever changing resources that make our area so unique

We invite you to participate in our community, whether it be discussing an issue in our forums, sharing our articles with your social network, or sending us a tip or story idea.

HV Echo is your publication, and we are Bringing Local to Life.

Who is HV Echo?

Laura Facchin is the founder of HV Echo. Laura is a writer, journalist, and musician who has done freelance writing and PR work for various regional companies and publications. A lifelong Hudson Valley resident, she graduated from SUNY New Paltz with her BA in Journalism and Public Relations in 2006. She enjoys all kinds of new adventures and experiences, especially those involving music or food.

Laura currently resides in Fishkill, NY with her husband Tim, a network admin and musician.

Contact Laura

Other HV Echo Contributors:

Teri Tucci
Matt Sullivan