Making the Magazine Archives - The New Territory Magazine

First Glance: The New Territory in Spring 2020

by tina.casagrand | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Making the Magazine

I write this on a Wednesday morning. I know this because I have to keep checking my calendar. I’ve missed two New Territory meetings since the WHO declared a global pandemic because I didn’t know what day it was. We all have. So I check the calendar....

How Our Issue 08 Feature Writers Approach Storytelling and Structure

by Julia Shiota | Apr 24, 2019 | Blog, Features, Longform, Making the Magazine

In our features department, our writers use storytelling to explore the people and places of the Lower Midwest. But as Jane Alison wrote recently in the Paris Review, not all stories have the same shape. It all depends. A linear narrative, chronological and tidy, can...

Sneak Peak: The Creative Director’s Favorite Spreads from Issue 08

by Julia Shiota | Apr 18, 2019 | Blog, Making the Magazine

Spoiler alert: The New Territory’s Endurance issue is rad, and it’s almost finished. The stories in Issue 08 are full of heart, the words are weighty, and the photography is—dare I be cliché?—breathtaking. One of my favorite spreads from 08 is the introductory page to...

On Being Told, “You Have a Beautiful Product Nobody Knows About,” and the Team Turning that Around

by tina.casagrand | Mar 10, 2019 | Blog, Making the Magazine, Marketing

Here’s some irony for you: The New Territory–a magazine whose lifeblood is the power of stories–has had trouble getting out its own story. At a 1 Million Cups talk in Springfield, an audience member told me, “You have a beautiful product that...

#TerritoryFriends pt. 1: Self-Awareness and Purposeful Leadership

by tina.casagrand | Nov 2, 2018 | Blog, Making the Magazine

Last week we started our #territoryfriends series on friendship. We talked about collaborations we admire and people who have shaped The New Territory. The New Territory is making plans to use the friendships we’ve made in the past 2.5 years to build some...

Friendship Built Today’s New Territory

by tina.casagrand | Oct 21, 2018 | Blog, Making the Magazine

“I interrupt my currently scheduled absence to bring you some kind words…” That’s how our founding collaborator Kate Strum started an email to our team this week. It made me smile, as most of her messages do. Kate recently moved to Idaho, put a pause on New...