The greaterlongisland.com family of community news outlets is expanding operations to feature the people, history and businesses of another historic South Shore downtown and its surrounding areas.
GreaterBabylon, which will cover Babylon Village, North Babylon, West Babylon and West Islip, will be unveiled later this spring.
The announcement comes less than a year after the sites’ publisher and longtime New York journalist Michael White (formerly of West Babylon) launched GreaterBayshore.
GreaterBayShore has been viewed over 400,000 times since its May 31, 2016, launch.
Like the other sites, GreaterBabylon will present community news through stories and videos daily — in a way that’s fun, informative and engaging. The editorial focus will be on news features and events coverage, as opposed to crime and politics.
The company’s first news site, GreaterPatchogue, launched on July 1, 2015, and has been viewed over 1.7 million times in less than two years.
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ABOUT THE PUBLISHER
Michael White launched greaterpatchogue.com on July 1, 2015, after 15 years in newspapers.
Prior to that, he was a staff reporter at daily newspapers in Maryland and New York, including the Daily News, where he last served in the Police Bureau. He is also a former editor of The Suffolk Times and Riverhead News-Review, which are top-notch weekly newspapers on Long Island’s East End.
Mike has a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University and an English/journalism degree from the University of Delaware.
He lives in Bellport with his wife, Suzanne, daughter Abigail, son Owen and dog Zoey.
You can reach him at [email protected] or text or call 631-786-5708.
Greater Long Island sites are developed by Rainmaker Media Solutions of Bay Shore.
