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This is the website for Nate Benson.
I, Nate, your intrepid news cruise director, will be guiding you here with a variety of articles I post on the regular as I cover the news in western New York.
Do you capitalize the Western in western New York? I’ve never gotten a ruling on that.
Regardless, I’ll also post some background thoughts to some stories I’ve produced, original posts in an early oughts blog-style, and share some personal projects I’m working on.
- My pandemic broadcasting setupReading Time: 5 minutesThe pandemic presented a lot of obstacles, but I saw it as an opportunity to refine my workflow and become as efficient as possible as a broadcast journalist. Here are a few things I did…
Since returning to WGRZ in 2019, I’ve focused a lot of reporting on broadband issues in WNY. Here is the story that kicked it all off.
^^^ That story was recognized with an Associated Press award in 2020.^^^
Authory profile of Nathan Benson Journalist in Buffalo, NY.
- NYCLU applauds DOT’s Kensington Expressway ‘reset’by Nathan Benson on September 19, 2025 at 12:11 am
The NYSDOT is hitting “reset” on the Kensington Expressway project. One local organizer calls it a “huge win” for the community.
- NYS DOT resets Kensington project with fresh environmental study plansby Nathan Benson on September 17, 2025 at 9:23 pm
The billion-dollar Kensington Expressway cap-and-tunnel plan is no longer moving forward. 🚧 The state just hit reset on the project.
- Buffalo Sewer Authority sued by state for violating discharge permitsby Nathan Benson on September 16, 2025 at 11:17 pm
The Buffalo Sewer Authority is facing a lawsuit after the NYS Attorney General filed a lawsuit alleging the agency missed cleanup deadlines for dumped sewage
- Great Lakes Cheese resumes limited production, now shipping waste to nearby farmsby Nathan Benson on September 15, 2025 at 10:54 pm
Great Lakes Cheese has resumed limited production and has stopped discharged into Ischua Creek, moving waste to local manure lagoons instead.
- NYSDEC says it will ‘evaluate enforcement tools’ related to Great Lakes Cheese fish kill incidentby Nathan Benson on September 14, 2025 at 2:48 am
NYSDEC says it will use “every enforcement tool at our disposal” against Great Lakes Cheese after repeated discharge violations.