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Editor’s Notebook: A pair of hawks, another year of The B Square, things are looking up

Editor’s Notebook: A pair of hawks, another year of The B Square, things are looking up

A Saturday search for Bloomington’s red-tailed hawks led from the courthouse square to a pine by Franklin Hall—and to a reflection on spring, local rhythms, and the readers who keep The B Square Bulletin aloft a year after its relaunch.

Editor’s Notebook: Embrace our shared geography, please do not let me die with stickers left over

Editor’s Notebook: Embrace our shared geography, please do not let me die with stickers left over

Christmas week is quiet in Bloomington, giving the editor time to confront an envelope of unused B Square stickers. There’s no form or QR code—just a bag of stickers. See me out and about around town, say “Hey Dave, gimme a sticker,” and you’ll get one.

Editor’s Notebook: Standing with the Indiana Daily Student by sharing the load

Editor’s Notebook: Standing with the Indiana Daily Student by sharing the load

Yesterday, the Indiana Daily Student broke the news that the student media director had been fired. What can The B Square do to help? We have set up guidelines that can allow outlets like the IDS to use B Square reporting like a local wire service.

Editor's Notebook: Unplanned eye surgery disrupts timeline, but B Square vision still clear

Editor's Notebook: Unplanned eye surgery disrupts timeline, but B Square vision still clear

Yesterday I underwent emergency surgery for a detached retina. The procedure went well, and I’m on the road to recovery. But part of the post-operative protocol means no reading—no screens, no books, no documents. That restriction makes it effectively impossible for me to write or report in the

Editor's Notebook: Getting from a nest to a soaring newsroom will take more financial support

Editor's Notebook: Getting from a nest to a soaring newsroom will take more financial support

I am writing today for one purpose—to ask that you consider making a recurring financial contribution to The B Square Bulletin. Look for the red "Subscribe" button in the upper right of the website screen. On your smartphone, it will appear at the bottom of the screen

Editor's Notebook: Paying the dues for Total News—please help fund it

Editor's Notebook: Paying the dues for Total News—please help fund it

I'm writing to ask for your financial support of The B Square Bulletin. After a roughly two-month hiatus, which was planned to be a permanent shutdown, The B Square is back. Over the last four weeks, some of The B Square's brand of local government coverage

A fledgling red-tailed hawk sits in a nest. It is white.

Editor's Notebook: Details on relaunch still a bit sketchy, but flight plan starting to take shape

Over the last few days, it has been encouraging to see some positive reaction on social media channels to the news that “The B Square is back.” It is hard to deny that The B Square is back, given that some fresh news is getting reported on this new platform.