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The Bachelor (Note)Pad: Blane Bachelor's Newsletter
Weekly(ish) updates about media opportunities, travel talk/tips, and random musings, plus a sprinkling of spooky stuff (because it's always Halloween in my soul).
By Blane Bachelor
· Launched 3 years ago
Tropical Schedule and World Cup Fever
1 hr ago • Blane Bachelor
Pink Skies
A fantastic concert; a new SLS; THAT NYT story; and a few source requests
Jun 3 • Blane Bachelor
Feeling Sheepish
Back in action; a really cool award; and the collective frustration around crickets
May 14 • Blane Bachelor
Most Popular
Hed, Dek, TK: Journalism Jargon 101
Jun 23, 2025 • Blane Bachelor
The Friday Post, Name Rant Edition by Blane of the Bachelors
Apr 19, 2024 • Blane Bachelor
Burnt Out and Blue
Sep 17, 2025 • Blane Bachelor
Shout-Outs
Jun 7, 2024 • Blane Bachelor
No Spring in This Step
Mar 26, 2025 • Blane Bachelor
Behind Bars
Misadventures in the clink; press trip update; this, that, and the other
Apr 1 • Blane Bachelor
Sweet Spring
Mar 23 • Blane Bachelor
Primavera
Springing forward (but not just yet); some fun clips; and a timely urgent source request
Mar 6 • Blane Bachelor
Very Superstitious
An ominous date; a fiery horse; the backstory of a seemingly routine news story
Feb 18 • Blane Bachelor
Speaking of Witch
IMM in New York; all the witchy things in Salem; source requests; yadda yadda
Jan 30 • Blane Bachelor
Jetlag vs. the Fire Horse
The woes of jetlag; source request; IMM bound; and finding my fire horse energy
Jan 15 • Blane Bachelor
Ho-Ho-Holy Crap, How Is 2025 Almost Over?
End-of-year energy levels; my favorite stories of 2025; and a partridge in a pear tree
Dec 16, 2025 • Blane Bachelor
Disco Miffy
Plus a Subject Line Smackdown, recently published stories, and more odds and ends.
Nov 25, 2025 • Blane Bachelor
Boo-Yah
Hot off the keyboard, the Halloween 2025 Edition. Read it and freak.
Oct 30, 2025 • Blane Bachelor