Sandy Quadros Bowles
@sqbthatsme.bsky.social
Allegedly retired journalist who keeps coming back for more. Love animals, travel, books. Community journalism is my ride or die. Caffeinated by coffee and curiosity.
Should a journalist live where they work? After 40 years, I've reached a conclusion. sandyquadrosbowles.substack.com/p/does-your-...
Does your area code make you a better journalist?
Juggling the town you live in with the one you cover requires a tricky balance
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November 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Should a journalist live where they work? After 40 years, I've reached a conclusion. sandyquadrosbowles.substack.com/p/does-your-...
Why did I pass up meeting Jane Goodall? My latest substack.
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Why I chose sleep over Jane Goodall.
And why you should never do the same.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Why did I pass up meeting Jane Goodall? My latest substack.
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I've created my first post on Substack. Looking to share tips I've learned, often the hard way, through years in community journalism.
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The guy in the white hat, pencils and late night emails
Just a few things I've learned after 40 years in journalism.
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September 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I've created my first post on Substack. Looking to share tips I've learned, often the hard way, through years in community journalism.
sandyquadrosbowles.substack.com/p/the-guy-in...
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So happy for #ThePitt winning Best Drama Series. Best drama in years. Captures the heroes, villains of today's medical world. Katherine LaNasa flawlessly depicts the challenges nurses face every patient every day. Nurses are the touchstones of modern medicine.
September 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
So happy for #ThePitt winning Best Drama Series. Best drama in years. Captures the heroes, villains of today's medical world. Katherine LaNasa flawlessly depicts the challenges nurses face every patient every day. Nurses are the touchstones of modern medicine.
This is so true. People often say that to me when I mention that I am a journalist. We are blessed to work with words and to get paid for our creativity.
i am so used to minimizing my accomplishments and comparing myself to peers with award-winning movies and bestselling books that i forget sometimes that to an average person with a job they at best tolerate, being a writer is an exotic and interesting thing
September 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is so true. People often say that to me when I mention that I am a journalist. We are blessed to work with words and to get paid for our creativity.
Time has passed and countless tragedies have captured our attention but let us not forget the thousands who lost their lives on that horrific day 24 years ago. We can never let their memories be lost. They are all a part of us.
September 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Time has passed and countless tragedies have captured our attention but let us not forget the thousands who lost their lives on that horrific day 24 years ago. We can never let their memories be lost. They are all a part of us.
The cruelest cut: They renewed Dexter Original Sin only to tape it to the kill table later. The Ice Truck Killer has nothing on network executives.
September 6, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The cruelest cut: They renewed Dexter Original Sin only to tape it to the kill table later. The Ice Truck Killer has nothing on network executives.
I have been a journalist, now semi-retired, for 43 years. And yet with every assignment I still worry. What if they won't talk? What if I don't understand what the meeting is about? OK fellow journos: Is this normal? Funny thing is, most assignments go just fine. #nervousinthenewsroom
August 15, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I have been a journalist, now semi-retired, for 43 years. And yet with every assignment I still worry. What if they won't talk? What if I don't understand what the meeting is about? OK fellow journos: Is this normal? Funny thing is, most assignments go just fine. #nervousinthenewsroom
Let's hope journalism makes a comeback well beyond the race track. www.nbcnews.com/sports/horse...
In comeback, Journalism wins 150th Preakness Stakes
The horse had 6-5 odds heading into the second leg of the Triple Crown.
www.nbcnews.com
May 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Let's hope journalism makes a comeback well beyond the race track. www.nbcnews.com/sports/horse...
If this isn't proof that Hozier, whose music I have loved for years, is a grade A artist, I don't know what is...
Barbra Streisand is set to release a new album that will feature some legendary artists, including Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Hozier, and more.
Barbra Streisand is releasing a new album of duets. Here’s the list of stars who will appear
Some top-notch talent appears on the album of duets — as well as a trio fans probably won’t soon forget.
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April 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If this isn't proof that Hozier, whose music I have loved for years, is a grade A artist, I don't know what is...
I sense a sudden rush of grease-stained resumes....
April 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I sense a sudden rush of grease-stained resumes....
Donkey number three is life goals for me. One and two might be why, sorry mom, I never made it to the New York Times.
April 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Donkey number three is life goals for me. One and two might be why, sorry mom, I never made it to the New York Times.
Happy Easter everyone! We could all use the hope of renewal and the strength of faith (no matter how you define it) this season.
April 20, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Happy Easter everyone! We could all use the hope of renewal and the strength of faith (no matter how you define it) this season.
They also, like many humans, have an affinity for bright shiny things
Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.
A crow's math skills include geometry
Crows in a lab were able to distinguish shapes that exhibited right angles, parallel lines, and symmetry, suggesting that, like humans, they have a special ability to perceive geometric regularity.
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April 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
They also, like many humans, have an affinity for bright shiny things
An interesting take on news deserts and their connection, if any, to Trump support. No matter what your politics, you have to agree that local news makes for a more informed public. Proud to offer local news to Middleboro, Lakeville
In blue-collar Fall River, Mass., a lack of reliable news coincides with the rise of Trump
By Alexa Coultoff FALL RIVER, Mass. — Keith Thibault likes to say he “runs a news department of one” out of the TV production studio at Bristol Community College. When Thibault was growing up in th…
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April 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
An interesting take on news deserts and their connection, if any, to Trump support. No matter what your politics, you have to agree that local news makes for a more informed public. Proud to offer local news to Middleboro, Lakeville
The power of being open and honest....
On Monday, after Jarren Duran’s suicide attempt was revealed, Samaritans received triple the number of text messages to their “Hey Sam” teen support text line when compared to the daily average in March.
Samaritans also fielded more than twice as many calls as compared to the previous Monday.
Samaritans also fielded more than twice as many calls as compared to the previous Monday.
April 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The power of being open and honest....
Mensa candidates that meow...
There is no smarter creature, than a house cat. They have their humans waiting on them hand and foot and still manage to fool us, into believing, we're actually the ones in charge.
April 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Mensa candidates that meow...
How will those penguins pay a tariff if no one is there to scrape barnacles off them?
April 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
How will those penguins pay a tariff if no one is there to scrape barnacles off them?
Atlantic Monthly editor Goldberg didn't share he was on the infamous group chat til plans being discussed happened. He kept some names private for security reasons. He represented my fellow journos w. integrity, decency. Hope people remember this when they chant "fake news.'' He's the real deal.
March 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Atlantic Monthly editor Goldberg didn't share he was on the infamous group chat til plans being discussed happened. He kept some names private for security reasons. He represented my fellow journos w. integrity, decency. Hope people remember this when they chant "fake news.'' He's the real deal.
What's up with all these strange images of barnacles being removed from penguins, seals, walruses. Don't people realize that barnacles don't attach to them and even if they did these animals would never sit still for the "rescuers.'' An AI fail that is just creepy but seems to be everywhere
March 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
What's up with all these strange images of barnacles being removed from penguins, seals, walruses. Don't people realize that barnacles don't attach to them and even if they did these animals would never sit still for the "rescuers.'' An AI fail that is just creepy but seems to be everywhere
So refreshing and important to hear a political figure advocate for local news. All politicians, no matter what party, should do the same.
It was an honor to join the Minnesota Newspaper Association Convention and speak about the importance of local news.
We're lucky to have a paper in all 87 counties. They make sure every community in Minnesota is informed, connected, and well-served.
We're lucky to have a paper in all 87 counties. They make sure every community in Minnesota is informed, connected, and well-served.
March 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
So refreshing and important to hear a political figure advocate for local news. All politicians, no matter what party, should do the same.
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I have this on repeat on my Spotify. Her best yet IMHO
Lady Gaga's new album “Mayhem” is a bright, shiny and thoroughly sleek pop record, our pop music critic writes. Read the full review.
‘Mayhem’ Review: Lady Gaga Wants You to Party Like It’s 2009
She dances on the line between clever self-referentiality and less inspired rehashing on her new LP, committing to the over-the-top excess that first made her a star.
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March 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have this on repeat on my Spotify. Her best yet IMHO
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National journalists go local as Midcoast Villager combines legacy papers to boost region’s news.
"We did it to save our local communities’ newspapers."
via @localnewsini.bsky.social
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...
"We did it to save our local communities’ newspapers."
via @localnewsini.bsky.social
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...
Maine Pages
Alex Seitz-Wald was a high-profile NBC News national political reporter for 10 years when he made a dramatic shift in his professional life: He became deputy editor of the Midcoast Villager, a digital...
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March 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
National journalists go local as Midcoast Villager combines legacy papers to boost region’s news.
"We did it to save our local communities’ newspapers."
via @localnewsini.bsky.social
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...
"We did it to save our local communities’ newspapers."
via @localnewsini.bsky.social
localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/0...
Good news: AP is starting a local news program. If all politics is local, that goes double for news. Local news is the best way the average citizen can interact with journalists, see we are, almost always, hard-working people trying to keep residents informed. Thanks @dankennedy.net for the update.
The AP goes local; plus, the National Trust runs into trouble in Colorado, and a call for de-Foxification
The Associated Press has been in the news a lot lately, both because of its feud with the White House over Donald Trump’s insistence that it refer to the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of …
dankennedy.net
February 22, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Good news: AP is starting a local news program. If all politics is local, that goes double for news. Local news is the best way the average citizen can interact with journalists, see we are, almost always, hard-working people trying to keep residents informed. Thanks @dankennedy.net for the update.