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On Background: Demystify Local News

On Background: Demystify Local News

By: Cascadia Daily News
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On Background is a weekly podcast that demystifies the decisions made every day at Cascadia Daily News. Hosted by Alana Marcum and Bree Zender, each episode features a roundtable discussion with CDN reporters, editors and photojournalists. Learn how this hyper-local newsroom handles reporting on Whatcom and Skagit counties effectively. It's your chance to get to know CDN in a new way. Cascadia Daily News is a locally owned newspaper in Bellingham, Washington, covering Whatcom and Skagit counties.Cascadia Daily News Politics & Government
Episodes
  • Ep 11: Showing the local color of Whatcom and Skagit counties

    Ep 11: Showing the local color of Whatcom and Skagit counties
    Jun 9 2026

    Stories in CDN’s living section focus on the people who live in Whatcom and Skagit counties and make Northwest Washington unique. Lifestyle editor Cocoa Laney often highlights old traditions of towns and local makers or artisans, but her section also tells you where to find the best karaoke and how to find community. In the final episode of season one of “On Background,” listeners will learn how Cocoa brings the local color into Cascadia Daily News.

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    28 mins
  • Ep 10: Keeping young athletes in the paper

    Ep 10: Keeping young athletes in the paper
    Jun 2 2026

    Most local and regional news organizations don’t cover high school sports like they used to — but Cascadia Daily News strives to keep young athletes in Whatcom and Skagit counties in the paper. In this episode of “On Background,” listeners will learn how sports editor Nick Zeller-Singh and staff photographer Andy Bronson cover prep sports in Northwest Washington. Andy also ranks the best high school gyms for photography.
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    26 mins
  • Ep 9: A different flavor of storytelling — the impact of CDN's visual journalists

    Ep 9: A different flavor of storytelling — the impact of CDN's visual journalists
    May 26 2026

    How do visuals help tell a story? In this episode of “On Background,” CDN visual journalists Finn Wendt and Santiago Ochoa talk about how photography and video elevate news, sports and living stories in Cascadia Daily News. Listeners will learn how visual journalists collaborate with reporters and why it's important to put community faces in the paper.
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    25 mins
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