jaya
@jayaflanary.bsky.social
Digital Editor/Designer at @cascadiadaily.com in Bellingham, Washington. Contact: jayaflanary@cascadiadaily.com
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Nerded out a bit with this story. Pitched it when I learned that the same guy designed all these logos of popular places downtown Bellingham.
Read about Bradley and graphic design in my story for @cascadiadaily.com ⬇️
Read about Bradley and graphic design in my story for @cascadiadaily.com ⬇️
Lockhart credits his career as a graphic designer to his love for playing music and the connections he made doing it. He designed logos for The Shakedown, The Orion, Comics Place, Red Rum, Wild Buffalo and Redlight — all because he knew the owners through music.
June 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Nerded out a bit with this story. Pitched it when I learned that the same guy designed all these logos of popular places downtown Bellingham.
Read about Bradley and graphic design in my story for @cascadiadaily.com ⬇️
Read about Bradley and graphic design in my story for @cascadiadaily.com ⬇️
First cut of this was half the length and made me cry. Finn did a great job adapting to the many changes we’ve had at CDN during the production of this video!
As one of the few original staff members, seeing how far we’ve come really hits home.
As one of the few original staff members, seeing how far we’ve come really hits home.
Around two years in the making, I'm stoked to put this project out into the world!
This is what @cascadiadaily.com is all about.
Support local journalism!
This is what @cascadiadaily.com is all about.
Support local journalism!
Reviving Local News: How Startup Cascadia Daily News Serves its Community
YouTube video by Cascadia Daily News
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June 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
First cut of this was half the length and made me cry. Finn did a great job adapting to the many changes we’ve had at CDN during the production of this video!
As one of the few original staff members, seeing how far we’ve come really hits home.
As one of the few original staff members, seeing how far we’ve come really hits home.
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May 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Jesse Ericksen dreamed of finishing the final leg of Ski to Sea, but he never got the chance.
As @jayaflanary.bsky.social reports, the Ski to Sea team, TydalWave, is competing in honor of Ericksen, who died by suicide in 2023.
As @jayaflanary.bsky.social reports, the Ski to Sea team, TydalWave, is competing in honor of Ericksen, who died by suicide in 2023.
Ski to Sea team bonds in memory of loved one who died by suicide | Cascadia Daily News
Team TydalWave has raised over $6K for crisis support organization
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May 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Jesse Ericksen dreamed of finishing the final leg of Ski to Sea, but he never got the chance.
As @jayaflanary.bsky.social reports, the Ski to Sea team, TydalWave, is competing in honor of Ericksen, who died by suicide in 2023.
As @jayaflanary.bsky.social reports, the Ski to Sea team, TydalWave, is competing in honor of Ericksen, who died by suicide in 2023.
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Cascadia Daily News has earned three awards in the 2025 National Headliner Awards, including national honors for overall journalistic excellence in a local news site. The contest honored the best American journalism in 2024.
CDN news site, feature writing, photography earn National Headliner Awards | Cascadia Daily News
Cascadiadaily.com, journalists Cocoa Laney and Hailey Hoffman honored
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April 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Cascadia Daily News has earned three awards in the 2025 National Headliner Awards, including national honors for overall journalistic excellence in a local news site. The contest honored the best American journalism in 2024.
Heard in the newsroom while headline writing: Is there a shorter word than ‘was’?
@annietodd.bsky.social
@annietodd.bsky.social
April 24, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Heard in the newsroom while headline writing: Is there a shorter word than ‘was’?
@annietodd.bsky.social
@annietodd.bsky.social
A simple “What’s the deal with?” turned into this story about the first piece of art Canadians see when they enter the U.S., and the two Seattle artists who created it in 2007.
Fifteen years later, Non Sign II still stands on the south side of the U.S. port of entry, mirroring the 67-foot-tall Peace Arch. But in today's political climate — as the Trump administration threatens America’s relationship with our northern neighbors — where does art like Non Sign II fit in?
‘Billboard’ sculpture at Blaine border has welcomed our northern neighbors to US since 2010 | Cascadia Daily News
Part of redevelopment project, 'Non Sign II' was designed by two Seattle artists
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April 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
A simple “What’s the deal with?” turned into this story about the first piece of art Canadians see when they enter the U.S., and the two Seattle artists who created it in 2007.
Got to put together a 2020 timeline with Annie this week.
“We didn’t know anything about COVID,” Washington state Epidemiologist Scott Lindquist said. “We had that first case and the first thing people asked me was, ‘How long do we have to isolate this person?’ I was like ‘I don’t know.”’
March 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Got to put together a 2020 timeline with Annie this week.
I’ve done five escape rooms, the most recent one was at Cryptid Escapes. While there, I realized how much time I focus on the details, like set design and wondering how things work. “Where do you think they bought that lamp?” clouds my head while playing.
So, I asked the owners. And wrote about it!
So, I asked the owners. And wrote about it!
How did they become business owners? What makes a great team in an escape room? Why is being a game master an "art, not a science?" And what does the future look like for this local business as its owners search for a forever home?
Four young entrepreneurs keep Bellingham escape rooms evolving (with one to come) | Cascadia Daily News
Behind the scenes of Cryptid Escapes and The Eureka Room
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March 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I’ve done five escape rooms, the most recent one was at Cryptid Escapes. While there, I realized how much time I focus on the details, like set design and wondering how things work. “Where do you think they bought that lamp?” clouds my head while playing.
So, I asked the owners. And wrote about it!
So, I asked the owners. And wrote about it!
I saw the Bookmobile when I was at WCLS writing a different story. Immediately messaged Cocoa, knowing this would be a great story but not knowing how many awesome historical photos would be available.
My favorite is the girl picking up a book on her horse!
My favorite is the girl picking up a book on her horse!
The Whatcom County Library System Bookmobile brings 4,000 books to four rural communities each week. The program has been going strong since 1947 — but as Whatcom County has evolved, the Bookmobile has adapted to serve demographics who need it most.
Whatcom County's 'library on wheels' has served rural readers since 1947 | Cascadia Daily News
WCLS' Bookmobile brings a 4,000-book catalog to small communities across the county
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March 12, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I saw the Bookmobile when I was at WCLS writing a different story. Immediately messaged Cocoa, knowing this would be a great story but not knowing how many awesome historical photos would be available.
My favorite is the girl picking up a book on her horse!
My favorite is the girl picking up a book on her horse!
Hard to believe it’s been 5 years.
2020 was wild: a break up, the pandemic, switched jobs, new relationship, lost my childhood cat, got a kitten. I even dyed my hair purple and then red.
CDN rounded up some memories, including when I got my first vaccine, for the anniversary of COVID-19.
2020 was wild: a break up, the pandemic, switched jobs, new relationship, lost my childhood cat, got a kitten. I even dyed my hair purple and then red.
CDN rounded up some memories, including when I got my first vaccine, for the anniversary of COVID-19.
We asked our staff and our readers to reflect on their surreal, absurd and somber experiences of the pandemic. Here are some of those memories.
Community reflections on COVID: 5 years later | Cascadia Daily News
Surreal early days, loss and hope: Living through the global virus will be in history books
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March 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hard to believe it’s been 5 years.
2020 was wild: a break up, the pandemic, switched jobs, new relationship, lost my childhood cat, got a kitten. I even dyed my hair purple and then red.
CDN rounded up some memories, including when I got my first vaccine, for the anniversary of COVID-19.
2020 was wild: a break up, the pandemic, switched jobs, new relationship, lost my childhood cat, got a kitten. I even dyed my hair purple and then red.
CDN rounded up some memories, including when I got my first vaccine, for the anniversary of COVID-19.
My dad’s premonition last night:
February 22, 2025 at 2:56 AM
My dad’s premonition last night:
Came to Bluesky to post this but saw Finn already had. This was one of those FICs that makes your heart thump during the interview.
Barry was suggested to us by a reader, via our news tips line. People know people, and CDN values those suggestions. Send them to newstips@cascadiadaily.com.
Barry was suggested to us by a reader, via our news tips line. People know people, and CDN values those suggestions. Send them to newstips@cascadiadaily.com.
This interview from @jayaflanary.bsky.social was one of my favorite Faces in the Crowd stories I've been a part of. Watch and meet Barry, the librarian who serves the Whatcom County Jail.
Barry MacHale | Faces in the Crowd
YouTube video by Cascadia Daily News
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February 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Came to Bluesky to post this but saw Finn already had. This was one of those FICs that makes your heart thump during the interview.
Barry was suggested to us by a reader, via our news tips line. People know people, and CDN values those suggestions. Send them to newstips@cascadiadaily.com.
Barry was suggested to us by a reader, via our news tips line. People know people, and CDN values those suggestions. Send them to newstips@cascadiadaily.com.
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Cascadia Daily News is starting weekly trivia.
When: 7 p.m. every Monday, beginning Jan. 20.
Where: 1327 N. State St.
What to expect: General knowledge, with the last round always related to local news. Deals on drinks for Margarita Monday.
When: 7 p.m. every Monday, beginning Jan. 20.
Where: 1327 N. State St.
What to expect: General knowledge, with the last round always related to local news. Deals on drinks for Margarita Monday.
CDN launches trivia at Red Star Taco Bar | Cascadia Daily News
Join us at 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 20; $2 cash buy-in per player; teams of up to five
www.cascadiadaily.com
January 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Cascadia Daily News is starting weekly trivia.
When: 7 p.m. every Monday, beginning Jan. 20.
Where: 1327 N. State St.
What to expect: General knowledge, with the last round always related to local news. Deals on drinks for Margarita Monday.
When: 7 p.m. every Monday, beginning Jan. 20.
Where: 1327 N. State St.
What to expect: General knowledge, with the last round always related to local news. Deals on drinks for Margarita Monday.
Before and after I packed up. This little corner under the constantly leaking skylight was a great home base for my first grown-up job.
However I’m VERY excited to have “both sides” of the newsroom come together next week in the same office suite.
However I’m VERY excited to have “both sides” of the newsroom come together next week in the same office suite.
January 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Before and after I packed up. This little corner under the constantly leaking skylight was a great home base for my first grown-up job.
However I’m VERY excited to have “both sides” of the newsroom come together next week in the same office suite.
However I’m VERY excited to have “both sides” of the newsroom come together next week in the same office suite.
Hey, it’s me!
Take a peak at next week’s paper and see how many design tweaks you can spot. Send feedback to me at jayaflanary@cascadiadaily.com.
Take a peak at next week’s paper and see how many design tweaks you can spot. Send feedback to me at jayaflanary@cascadiadaily.com.
Read about locally owned CDN's expanding staff and mission, and its approach to local news in the Trump era, in the latest edition of the editor's mailbag.
Your growing hometown news team is on the move — just not very far | Cascadia Daily News
As journalists, we ask a lot of questions. We get plenty of them back at us, as well. Here are some editor's answers from the CDN Reader Mailbag, a NW ...
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January 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Hey, it’s me!
Take a peak at next week’s paper and see how many design tweaks you can spot. Send feedback to me at jayaflanary@cascadiadaily.com.
Take a peak at next week’s paper and see how many design tweaks you can spot. Send feedback to me at jayaflanary@cascadiadaily.com.
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Cascadia Daily News in Bellingham, Washington is hiring four positions.
➡️ Visual Journalist
➡️ Audience Engagement Editor
➡️ Health Care and Public Health Reporter
➡️ Advertising Sales and Production Coordinator
Learn more and apply at cascadiadaily.com/jobs.
➡️ Visual Journalist
➡️ Audience Engagement Editor
➡️ Health Care and Public Health Reporter
➡️ Advertising Sales and Production Coordinator
Learn more and apply at cascadiadaily.com/jobs.
CDN Jobs | Cascadia Daily News
Currently hiring: Visual Journalist, Audience Engagement Editor, Health Care and Public Health Reporter, Advertising Sales and Production Coordinator, strin ...
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January 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Cascadia Daily News in Bellingham, Washington is hiring four positions.
➡️ Visual Journalist
➡️ Audience Engagement Editor
➡️ Health Care and Public Health Reporter
➡️ Advertising Sales and Production Coordinator
Learn more and apply at cascadiadaily.com/jobs.
➡️ Visual Journalist
➡️ Audience Engagement Editor
➡️ Health Care and Public Health Reporter
➡️ Advertising Sales and Production Coordinator
Learn more and apply at cascadiadaily.com/jobs.
Journalism dramas don’t work because no one wants to watch a journalism drama. It’s why Alaska Daily didn’t work.
But if someone smart made an “Abbott Elementary” like show based in a newsroom (a comedy), it would gain traction from journalists and non-journalists.
But if someone smart made an “Abbott Elementary” like show based in a newsroom (a comedy), it would gain traction from journalists and non-journalists.
I actually wrote a thing about this a few years ago. Basically every major drama creator of the ‘80s and ‘90s tried this and they all failed. episodes.ghost.io/why-dont-new...
January 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Journalism dramas don’t work because no one wants to watch a journalism drama. It’s why Alaska Daily didn’t work.
But if someone smart made an “Abbott Elementary” like show based in a newsroom (a comedy), it would gain traction from journalists and non-journalists.
But if someone smart made an “Abbott Elementary” like show based in a newsroom (a comedy), it would gain traction from journalists and non-journalists.
The door did, in fact, bust down.
My favorite thing to write this year. I was still freelancing at @cascadiadaily.com with only one foot in the door and then they pitched me a “what’s with that weird property” story (my catnip) and I like to think that’s how I busted the door down.
Vast property on Samish Crest is headache for developers, but haven for local hikers | Cascadia Daily News
Bellingham thirsts for housing, yet this vacant land has sat untouched for decades
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January 1, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The door did, in fact, bust down.
See thread 🧵 to learn about the Concrete Herald’s staff of… one. Kudos to this man 👏🏼
Also, 5,595 local newspapers in the country. Let that sink in.
Also, 5,595 local newspapers in the country. Let that sink in.
Fewer and fewer small communities like Concrete can boast of a local news source. In 2005, the same year Miller moved to town, the United States had 8,891 local newspapers, according to a Northwestern University report. Now, the country has 5,595 — a loss of more than a third.
December 24, 2024 at 4:18 PM
See thread 🧵 to learn about the Concrete Herald’s staff of… one. Kudos to this man 👏🏼
Also, 5,595 local newspapers in the country. Let that sink in.
Also, 5,595 local newspapers in the country. Let that sink in.
Happy holidays
There’s something about the Christmas season that sparks a playfulness about even the most serious topics. Such was the case today at PeaceHealth St. Joseph, when union employees dressed up as the Grinch to raise awareness for their ongoing negotiations for “fair wages.”
Union workers don 'Grinch' costumes to emphasize frustrations with PeaceHealth | Cascadia Daily News
Union pushes for 'fair' wages for more than 900 employees
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December 24, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Happy holidays
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Cascadia Daily News has been selected to host a corps member from the national service program Report for America in 2025–26. This journalist will cover health care news in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
CDN awarded a Report for America journalist to cover health care | Cascadia Daily News
Reporter will join staff in 2025, doing stories for Whatcom and Skagit residents
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December 18, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Cascadia Daily News has been selected to host a corps member from the national service program Report for America in 2025–26. This journalist will cover health care news in Whatcom and Skagit counties.
Just a regular slack notification from @annietodd.bsky.social blazing across my computer screen:
December 19, 2024 at 12:04 AM
Just a regular slack notification from @annietodd.bsky.social blazing across my computer screen:
Monitoring CDN’s social media is honestly my least favorite part about my job 🤡
Here’s a list of behaviors that will get your comment deleted, or your profile blocked, from our accounts.
Here’s a list of behaviors that will get your comment deleted, or your profile blocked, from our accounts.
As CDN grows, its traffic online, and on social media sites, grows along with us. It brings new challenges in maintaining civility and standards of accuracy in open-forum discussions, writes CDN's Executive Ron Judd, who lists what the hometown paper would like to see on its social media sites.
A guide to getting along — and not getting blocked — on CDN's social channels | Cascadia Daily News
Our windows are open for discourse; please don't make bad smells in the room
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December 17, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Monitoring CDN’s social media is honestly my least favorite part about my job 🤡
Here’s a list of behaviors that will get your comment deleted, or your profile blocked, from our accounts.
Here’s a list of behaviors that will get your comment deleted, or your profile blocked, from our accounts.
PNW librarians’ book recs… reposting for #booksky (the biggest community I’ve seen on here so far).
Need ideas for what to read in 2025? As the new year approaches, four Whatcom County Librarian System employees rounded up their favorite reads from the past year.
Whatcom County librarians' most-loved books of 2024 | Cascadia Daily News
Four reads to add to your 2025 TBR list
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December 17, 2024 at 4:18 PM
PNW librarians’ book recs… reposting for #booksky (the biggest community I’ve seen on here so far).