The Daly News

From 2020-2024, The Daly News was a source for in-depth fiction and nonfiction stories from our favorite muses and creators. In each issue, we connected with the people in our community who inspire us, asking them to contribute creatively around a central theme.

Interested in browsing the archives? Take a peek at our previous issues, below. Also, be sure to sign up for Cherry on Top🍒, our follow-up to The Daly News, and new monthly Substack exploring comms, operations, and culture that modern businesses need to truly shine. From Daly’s Founder Alex Daly & Partner Ally Bruschi, under their sister seed fund, Orchard Street.

Issue Fourteen Release

In issue fourteen, our incredible contributor, Ally Bruschi, explores what we learn when we release ourselves from our ways of being and tune into our discomforts.

Issue Thirteen: Returning

For issue thirteen, business consultant Holly Howard guides us through a cultural deep dive into the historical importance of mystery and secrets in ancient Greece.

Issue Twelve: In House

For issue twelve, we’re playing with the theme of In House both literally—our three fantastic contributors are members of our very own Daly team— and figuratively—each contributor explores how the boundaries of one’s life can be reaffirmed, expanded, and totally re-shaped through decisions ranging from infinitesimal to monumental.

Issue Eleven: Après

Writer, historian, and cocktail creative Al Culliton explores “Après” with a refreshing expedition through four delicious bottles of amaro from the Italian Alps.

Issue Ten: Treat

For part 2 of our tenth issue, Natasha Pickowicz weighs in on the age old debate: sweet or savory? Natasha is a NYC-based chef and writer whose pastry work explores the relationship between baking and social justice.

Issue Ten: Trick

Part 1 of our tenth issue begins with a spirited trick from Aliza Abarbanel, who unveils all of the mischievous fun that mother nature can play on us (and vice versa). Aliza is a Brooklyn-based writer and the co-editor of Cake Zine. She’s a Pink Lady sun, Honeycrisp moon, Mutsu rising.

Issue Nine: Revival

Bahamian poet and essayist Bernard Ferguson and Australian designer and photographer Hamish Smyth explore the theme Revival across two different mediums: poetry and photography. Together, the two formats present a multifaceted look at why a periodic deep reflection and reset is necessary for the world, and the self.

Issue Eight: Manifest

Illustrator and mental health advocate Jordan Sondler illustrates what reality she would like to “Manifest” as the weather warms and vibrant colors spring up all around us.

Issue Seven: Break

Writer and strategist Lee Tilghman explores what “Break” means to her through the lens of social media.

Issue Six: Harvest

In this issue, three contributors contemplate what the change in seasons means for their kitchen tables; their livelihoods; their personal growth.

Issue Five: Open — Part I

In this two-part issue, Iman Hariri-Kia grants us a voyeuristic glimpse into (what could be) the tipping point of a relationship unique to our time.

Issue Five: Open — Part II

In Part II, Iman gives us a peak into the other side of the story.

Issue Four: Wait

Allison Davis reframes the idea of waiting, at a time when the days are long and the weeks are slow.

Issue Three: Home

Emily Sundberg takes a look at how her sense of home has shifted amidst a year of physical and emotional displacement.

Issue Two: Trip

Our five contributors both honored and acknowledged the current world moment, while also encouraging readers to think beyond the confines of their pandemic-induced social isolation, to the traveling joys of the past and future.

Issue One: Bloom

Bloom provides a respite of color, warmth, and hope, as six contributors write, paint, and photograph their interpretations of blossoming at a time of overall stagnation.