Trudy Haywood Saunders on Muck Rack

Trudy Haywood Saunders

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(She/Her)
North Carolina
As seen in: Thrillist, MSN, MSN Canada, Yahoo Life, Yahoo News Malaysia, Aol, Flipboard, Travel + Leisure, AARP, Yahoo Style Singapore, Southern Living Magazine and
Covers:  Travel, food, lifestyles, features, family travel, Southern culture, country life
Doesn't Cover: Gossip, news, politics- I like uplifting subjects.
Southern storyteller and mystery author, living the country life. muckrack.com/trudy-saunders
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Interview

How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?

I am open to emails and social media story ideas.

Who do you wish followed you?

Candace Cameron Burre and Erin Napier

Did you work for your high school newspaper? If so, what did you do there?

Yes, I was a reporter for my high school newspaper.

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Be persistent. Don't take rejection personally, but learn how you can be successful next time.

What's your favorite drink?

I drink chocolate milk-every, single day:)

When you're not at a computer, where are you most likely to be?

(Besides work)- at the beach, on a trip, or playing with my daughter

What's the most common misperception about your beat?

Sometimes people think that lifestyle writing is just fluff. There's enough negativity in the world without reading about it. Who needs more?
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