You might notice something different about TruLife this year: We’re moving outside of our comfort zone!
That’s right, we’re making every effort to expand our feature writing to things we aren’t directly connected to.
When Features Editor, Blaise Hart-Schmidt, and I sat down to discuss the direction we see TruLife heading, we both agreed that too many stories that had been written in the past were tired, used and overused. How many stories about happy couples on Valentine’s Day can someone read? How many times do we need to write a feature about the same old club on campus?
We wanted our features to be more focused on people, expand beyond the borders of Truman and take more risks.
The purpose of a feature is to tell a story. It’s a chance to be creative. And what is more interesting than people? This week, you’ll find a piece on professor of photography Priya Kambli. She has a history of living in two cultures, two worlds and we told the story of her photography book, which takes those two worlds and merges them through her photography.
We’ve made a significant effort to move outside of the borders of Truman campus and Kirksville. Check out our coverage of LaPlata’s Possibility Alliance this week, or last week’s story about the new acupuncturist outside of Kirksville.
We’re also taking risk. That same acupuncture story took one reporter into the world of Eastern medicine. She experienced those needles in her hands and feet first-hand. Yet still wrote an objective story on Eastern medicine in Kirksville.
We’re taking chances, we’re trying to be more creative. What do you think about our TruLife content this year? Do you see an improvement? Is there something you’d like to see covered?
Please let us know. And as always, keep on readin’.
