*/ i seek the truth

trivia.

feels that the school newspaper limits their ability to write about things that matter from a place of fear and an unwillingness to confront the ugly truths of the world --- in actuality, their journalism teachers are worried about the possibility of a lawsuit because they don’t stop to think about who they’re writing about once they have verifiable facts in their hands.

works as a tutor & provides editing services for papers / articles / stories / etc. also does some freelance work & has a podcast that they release twice monthly, talking about a variety of topics -- basically whatever catches their fancy. past topics have included: environmental issues, charter schools, celebrity scandals & local urban legends.

backstory.

born to a pair of academics, cyrus spent most of his childhood listening to a blend of stories and non-fiction books in the place of classic bedtime stories. they were always encouraged to question the stories and the things being presented as facts --- question your sources, their parents insisted as they warned of the dangers of internalized biases. 

it wasn’t until they entered high school that they considered the social implications of this, the way that they needed to do their best to get both sides of every story. and the dedication to the truth fell slightly by the wayside when they were asked to write the gossip column for the high school newspaper, it was simply easier to acknowledge what was being talked about and that it might not be true, then to try and sort the lies out from the truths. 

after high school, they struggled to decide what they wanted to major in and have swapped wildly from subject to subject. before they started their current degree, they graduated with a degree in art history and debated getting their master’s degree before applying for journalism.

connections.

people they tutor. could cover a pretty good range of first year classes, and anything in the realm of art / history / writing for upper level courses. pretty patient, unless they can tell that you don’t care and then they’ll just be annoyed.