Answering Your Questions About Wedding Journalism
Wedding journalism is pretty much what it sounds like—journalistic coverage, but for your wedding.
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I attend your celebration as a guest to observe and document what's happening while you're busy being the center of attention. Then, after your wedding (usually a couple weeks later), I interview your friends and family when they've had time to actually process what they experienced. All of that gets turned into a custom editorial magazine featuring your photographer's images and the heartfelt stories behind them.
I schedule an interview with you and your partner 2 months before your wedding date so I can understand your relationship roots, proposal story, and why you love one another.
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I then attend your wedding day, usually arriving an hour before the ceremony begins to check in and begin taking notes on everything that happens among your guests, even when you're not in the room.
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After that, I get in touch with your chosen sources to schedule one-on-one phone discussions about what it was like to watch you fall in love, how your friends felt on your wedding day, and their favorite moments.
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Finally, I take all of that collected information and write editorial-style articles entirely about you and your wedding day celebration. Once you receive your final gallery, I design the two into a print magazine that adds context to your favorite photos.
You cannot experience every moment of your wedding day; it's simply not possible.
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While guests are arriving and reacting to the space, you're hidden away before the ceremony starts. When your friends are enjoying drinks and passed appetizers, you're taking family photos and checking in with your coordinator.
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There's an entire narrative unfolding that you don't get to be a part of, so I act as your proxy.
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A custom wedding magazine is a display-worthy keepsake you can keep on your coffee table and revisit whenever you wish.
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It's an origin story you can pass down to your children someday.
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It's a gift you can affordably reproduce and give to your relatives as a thanks.
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It's a way to keep your loved ones off your back when you follow through on that threat of an elopement and the guest list gets cut.
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It's a way to fully appreciate the celebration you invested so much time and money in, and to keep your memories alive through authentic storytelling.
I will schedule one-on-one interviews with each of your chosen sources, asking them questions about their experiences with you, what they've observed in your relationship, their reflections on the big day, and their hopes for your shared future.
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This happens in the weeks after the wedding so that everyone has time to process their experience and reflect on it.
If you are local to Kansas City, I will arrange to meet you in person so we can meet face to face and I can see your dynamic. I begin by interviewing you simultaneously to hear your relationship history, then isolating you to hear what you appreciate most about your partner.
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If I'm traveling to you, we will have individual phone calls to make the process easier and more flexible to both your schedules.
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This happens about 2 months before your wedding date.
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By the end of 2026, I will have reported on weddings in Texas, Oregon, Colorado, New York, Michigan, Minnesota, and Iowa in addition to local Kansas and Missouri weddings.
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Travel beyond 50 miles requires reimbursement (at cost) for gas expenses and may also necessitate 2-3 nights at a hotel. All travel expenses are documented through receipts. Reimbursement does not in any way financially benefit Preserved in Print or add any additional fees to your service; it just covers the basics I need to provide service to you.
Simply put, the core of every package includes:
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My attendance at your wedding (hours vary by package)
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Post-wedding interviews (amount varies by package)
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Custom magazine writing, editing, and design
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Professional printing and binding
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One printed magazine copy (with the option to print more)
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One preservative plastic sleeve
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Previews throughout the process
Absolutely!
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Your wedding journalism package includes one print and one preservative sleeve. If you would like additional prints ordered, those are priced according to the size of your magazine.Â
Since each magazine is entirely unique, I can only tell you that each page costs around $0.20 and most of my issues run between $12-25 per copy.
I don't write for a publication; I write for the couple who hires me.
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Your package includes one print issue meant for your coffee table. Some pages will be posted online for my portfolio with consideration to your privacy.
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If you would like additional print copies but don't feel entirely comfortable sharing your more intimate exchanges, I am more than happy to work out an abridged version that removes certain pages and topics.
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So a few people may see it, but it's ultimately a keepsake for you to cherish into the future.
I don't want anyone to feel cheated out of the content I think they deserve. These are the core moments of your love story, and of your wedding day itself. Limiting that doesn't feel right.
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If your story demands more space, I want to give it that space, which is why I do not price based on the final page count or paragraphs written.
A non-refundable 50% service fee is due at time of booking to reserve your date and officially be added to my calendar. The other 50% service fee is not due until issue completion, months after your wedding date.
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The only payment in between is solely related to travel reimbursement.
My wedding journalism packages are primarily priced according to the amount of interviews necessary to create your perfect keepsake magazine.
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The most time consuming part of this process (aside from writing the material) is scheduling interviews according to your loved ones' availability. Interviews with them can take anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour depending on how chatty they are, and it's difficult to predict before the conversation begins.
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These conversations are what adds bulk to your magazine, not additional stories or topics.
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Editions are further priced according to additional hours at your event.
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My services have been gifted in the past and I'm more than happy to discuss options and specifics with you.Â
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I don't offer gift cards because I would hate to see a couple get a $1,000 credit toward something they can't afford to have finished out of their own pocket.
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I'm still open to working out payment options with the couple's explicit agreement.
Yes, I have spoken to a few journalists who are in the process of kicking off their own wedding journalism businesses!
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Hsing is based in Colorado and owns The Love Dispatch.
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Kate is based in New York and owns Weditorial.
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Their experiences as broadcast journalists gives them a different perspective.
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A few others are just starting out and I will update this page with more information!