Jacob Flanagan

Jacob Flanagan

Jacob Flanagan is a Digital Content Creator at FOX 5 NY/WNYW. He is tasked with helping keep FOX5NY.com and the FOX Local mobile and CTV apps current with up-to-the-minute news updates, monitoring breaking news situations and posting to FOX 5 NY social media accounts.

Before joining FOX 5 NY in 2019, Jacob was a web editor for FiOS1News. In his career, he has covered Hurricanes Irene and Sandy, every presidential election since 2012, the Buffalo supermarket mass shooting, and more.

A Hudson Valley native, he has also worked as a web editor and audio engineer for The Takeaway on WNYC. 

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Music producer Irv Gotti dead at 54: reports

Music producer Irv Gotti, who worked with stars like Ja Rule, DMX and Ashanti, died Wednesday at the age of 54, according to TMZ. He was 54 years old.