Download or read book Writing Feature Stories written by Matthew Ricketson and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to all aspects of feature writing for journalists and freelance writers.
Download or read book Writing Feature Stories written by Matthew Ricketson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good writing engages as it informs and feature journalism offers writers the opportunity to tell deep, affecting stories that look beyond the immediate mechanics of who, what, where and when and explore the more difficult-and more rewarding- questions: how and why? Whether you're a blogger, a news journalist or an aspiring lifestyle reporter, a strong voice and a fresh, informed perspective remain in short supply and strong demand; this book will help you craft the kind of narratives people can't wait to share on their social media feeds. Writing Feature Stories established a reputation as a comprehensive, thought-provoking and engaging introduction to researching and writing feature stories. This second edition is completely overhauled to reflect the range of print and digital feature formats, and the variety of online, mobile and traditional media in which they appear. This hands-on guide explains how to generate fresh ideas; research online and offline; make the most of interviews; sift and sort raw material; structure and write the story; edit and proofread your work; find the best platform for your story; and pitch your work to editors. 'A wide-ranging, much-needed master class for anyone who tells true yarns in this fast-changing journalistic marketplace' - Bruce Shapiro, Columbia University 'Useful and thought provoking' - Margaret Simons, journalist and author 'A must read for any digital storyteller who wants to write emotive, engaging, believable content.' - Nidhi Dutt, foreign correspondent
Download or read book Feature Writing for Journalists written by Sharon Wheeler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feature Writing for Journalists considers both newspapers and magazines and helps the new or aspiring journalist to become a successful feature writer. Using examples from a wide range of papers, specialist and trade magazines and 'alternative' publications, Sharon Wheeler considers the different types of material that come under the term 'feature' including human interest pieces, restaurant reviews and advice columns. With relevant case studies as well as interviews with practitioners, Feature Writing for Journalists is exactly what you need to understand and create exciting and informative features.
Download or read book Feature Writing for Newspapers written by Daniel Raymond Williamson and published by Hastings House Book Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book America s Best Newspaper Writing written by Roy Peter Clark and published by Bedford/St. Martin's. This book was released on 2005-12-30 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's Best Newspaper Writing represents the "best-of-the-best" from 25 years of the American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) Distinguished Writing Awards competition. With an emphasis on local reporting, new stories including more on crisis coverage, and pedagogical tools to help students become better writers, the second edition is the most useful and up-to-date anthology available for feature writing and introduction to journalism classes.
Download or read book The Art and Craft of Feature Writing written by William E. Blundell and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1988-11-29 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling—how to catch and hold a reader’s interest through artful narration of factual material William E. Blundell, one of the best writers on one of America's best-written papers—The Wall Street Journal—has put his famous Journal Feature-Writing Seminars into this step-by-step guide for turning out great articles. Filled with expert instruction on a complex art, it provides beginners with a systematic approach to feature writing and deftly teaches old pros some new tricks about: · How and where to get ideas · What readers like and don’t like · Adding energy and interest to tired topics · Getting from first ideas to finish article · The rules of organization · How—and whom—to quote and paraphrase · Wordcraft, leads, and narrative flow · Self-editing and notes on style … plus many sample feature articles.
Download or read book Newspaper Feature Writing written by Len Granato and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised edition is at the cutting edge of the revolution. It has three main aims: to maintain and enhance the systematic approach to feature writing pioneered in the earlier editions; to help lecturers integrate CAR into their courses; and to give working journalists some instruction in CAR.
Download or read book Writing Feature Articles written by Brendan Hennessy and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hennessy's classic text tells you everything you need to know about writing successful features. You will learn how to formulate and develop ideas and how to shape them to fit different markets. Now in its fourth edition, Writing Feature Articles has been fully revised and updated to take into account the changing requirements of journalism and media courses. You will also discover how to exploit new technology for both researching and writing online. Learn step-by-step how to plan, research and write articles for a wide variety of 'popular', 'quality' and specialist publications. Discover more and make the advice stick by completing the tasks and reading the keen analysis of extracts from the best of today's writing. Packed with inspirational advice in a friendly, highly readable style, this guide is a must-have for practising and aspiring journalists and writers.
Download or read book Professional Feature Writing written by Bruce Garrison and published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. This book was released on 1989 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this second edition is the same as that of the original -- to provide a thorough look at the major forms of newspaper, magazine, and newsletter feature writing. It offers lists of tips, observations, and guidelines for effective writing as well as lists of sources and story ideas. A wide variety of perspectives and experiences of the author, other accomplished writers, editors, publishers, and professors is utilized to demonstrate the techniques presented. This book emphasizes three primary aspects of feature writing: writing skills/basics; article types; and the collegiate and professional writing life. Each chapter contains excerpts and complete articles from some of the nation's leading newspapers, magazines, and newsletters as well as specialized publications that illustrate points made in the text. As a result, readers learn from the narrative, from the advice of professionals, and by example. Significant changes have been made for this second edition including: * an expanded third section featuring three chapters on freelance writing -- one discussing the quasi-professional environment at newspapers, magazines, and newsletters; another focusing on the writing and marketing aspects of free-lancing; and the last emphasizing key factors of the free-lance writer's professional life such as ethical, legal, and organizational matters; * updated writing examples highlighting contemporary illustrations of quality work from the nation's most outstanding magazines and newspapers; * a new in-depth focus on the growing need for quality newsletter feature writing -- a direct result of the expanding desktop publishing marketplace; * contributions by the original group of professional editors and writers in the first edition updated and augmented with new material; * new information on research tools for writers including additional discussion of on-line computer-based reference sources; * new material relative to writing feature articles about the entertainment industry, in addition to reviewing and critiquing.
Download or read book How to Write Special Feature Articles written by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rewriting the Newspaper written by Thomas R. Schmidt and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2019-06-19 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the 1970s and the 1990s American journalists began telling the news by telling stories. They borrowed narrative techniques, transforming sources into characters, events into plots, and their own work from stenography to anthropology. This was more than a change in style. It was a change in substance, a paradigmatic shift in terms of what constituted news and how it was being told. It was a turn toward narrative journalism and a new culture of news, propelled by the storytelling movement. Thomas Schmidt analyzes the expansion of narrative journalism and the corresponding institutional changes in the American newspaper industry in the last quarter of the twentieth century. In doing so, he offers the first institutionally situated history of narrative journalism’s evolution from the New Journalism of the 1960s to long-form literary journalism in the 1990s. Based on the analysis of primary sources, industry publications, and oral history interviews, this study traces how narrative techniques developed and spread through newsrooms, advanced by institutional initiatives and a growing network of practitioners, proponents, and writing coaches who mainstreamed the use of storytelling. Challenging the popular belief that it was only a few talented New York reporters (Tome Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Gay Talese, Joan Didion, and others) who revolutionized journalism by deciding to employ storytelling techniques in their writing, Schmidt shows that the evolution of narrative in late twentieth century American Journalism was more nuanced, more purposeful, and more institutionally based than the New Journalism myth suggests.
Download or read book The Art of Feature Writing written by Earl R. Hutchison and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From basic newspaper features to in-depth magazine articles and incisive commentary, The Art of Feature Writing introduces students to the myriad tasks of a journalist--including researching, interviewing, organizing, writing and marketing. Replete with accessible, dynamic examples drawn from a variety of diverse sources, this book takes a step-by-step approach to give students the skills, tools and confidence they need to produce their own distinctive material. With the encouraging voice of an experienced teacher, Hutchison imparts sensible advice on both the craft of writing and the more practical concerns of a freelancer. The book is enhanced by rich pedagogical features including key points, chapter summaries and numerous exercises. From writing a lead that sings to the income tax implications of a freelance career, The Art of Feature Writing helps students generate compelling copy as they develop a more sophisticated understanding of the career of a writer.
Download or read book Feature Writing written by N. MEERA RAGHAVENDRA RAO and published by PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.. This book was released on 2012-09-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If we ask the lay readers why they read newspapers, the obvious answer would be to get news. However, what keeps the newspaper endearing and, in a way, enduring are the longer stories about people behind the news, about the humorous everyday experiences we all have, or the closer look at someone and the unexpected surprises we get in the process. In short, we call these features. In this substantially revised book on Feature Writing, the author with her vast experience discusses various aspects of Feature Writing. She focuses on different types of features found in newspapers—Humour and Satire, Brights, Human Interest Features, Travel Features and News Features—and illustrates each of these. In addition, she provides a detailed description of Profiles, Interviews, and Online Features with examples, and gives a clear analysis of Feature Writing Techniques. Intended as a text for students offering courses in Journalism, this book would also be extremely useful for freelance writers, and anyone who has a flair for writing. What is New to THE SECOND Edition Includes two new chapters on Obituary and Tribute, and Sports and new sections such as Blogs and Professionalism in Journalism. Provides more illustrations culled from recent newspapers. Gives explanatory notes on some key words used in the book, and a section on Vocabulary. What the Reviewers Say In this delightful book on FW [Feature Writing], Meera Raghavendra Rao brings home to us that writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of a writer’s own life. In my view Meera Raghavendra Rao’s book on FW is an exceptionally good and useful book not only for all students of Journalism but also for all writers interested in FW. —V. Sundaram, News Today The author has used instances from her career spanning more than two decades to illustrate various situations in this book. —Deccan Chronicle The book is a rather exhaustive guide on ways to tell a feature story. Among the other pluses is the Indianness permeating the book—most sample articles are home-brewn. —The Hindu, Metroplus Weekend
Download or read book Feature Writing written by Susan Pape and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006-04-27 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a practical and richly informative introduction to feature writing and the broader context in which features journalists operate. As well as covering the key elements and distinctive features that constitute good feature writing, Feature Writing: A Practical Introduction also offers a rich resource of real life examples, case studies, and exercises. Authors Susan Pape and Sue Featherstone have drawn on their considerable shared experience to provide a solid and engaging grounding in the principles and practice of feature writing.
Download or read book Feature Writing for Newspapers and Magazines written by Edward Jay Friedlander and published by Allyn & Bacon. This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using experience-driven advice and compelling articles from scores of newspaper and magazine writers, "Feature Writing for Newspapers and Magazines" shows how award-winning journalists achieve excellence and national recognition. This text helps students to cultivate vital journalistic skills with a thorough discussion about creating and refining article ideas, conducting research and interviews, writing, and navigating legal and ethical questions. Its many examples feature award-winning writers - including all 25 who have won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing. "Feature Writing for Newspapers and Magazines'" world-class writing examples, extensive updates and timely tips from some of America's best feature and magazine writers have made it the premier text in its field for almost two decades. New to the 5th Edition: Adds new excerpts from five Pulitzer Prize-winning feature articles, promoting better writing by providing some of the best examples available. Explains web-based multimedia techniques in feature and magazine story writing to prepare students for converged newspapers and magazines that are becoming commonplace. Enhances the coverage of work by African-American Pulitzer Prize-winners, providing students with a diversity of writing examples. Expands coverage of Internet-assisted research in Chapter 4 to help students keep pace with 21st-century journalistic techniques. Replaces investigative magazine articles in Chapter 8 with more student-friendly computer game reviews.
Download or read book The Universal Journalist written by David Randall and published by Pluto Press. This book was released on 2011-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new edition of the world's leading textbook on journalism. Translated into more than a dozen languages, David Randall's handbook is an invaluable guide to the "universals" of good journalistic practice for professional and trainee journalists worldwide. Irrespective of language or culture, good journalists share a common commitment to the search for truth, often in difficult circumstances. David Randall emphasizes that good journalism isn't just about universal objectives: it must also involve the acquisition of a range of skills that will empower journalists to operate in an industry where ownership, technology and information are constantly changing. This acclaimed handbook challenges old attitudes, procedures and techniques of journalism where they are seen as cynical and sloppy. This fully updated edition contains scores of new anecdotes and examples, drawing on the author's own experience as a national newspaper reporter and columnist.
Download or read book Newspaper Feature Writing written by Len Granto and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer-Assisted Reporting Is Revolutionising Journalism. Unfortunately, Few Working Journalists Are Equipped To Use These New Techniques.However, Some Tertiary Journalism Students Are Already Using Car To Enhance Traditional Reporting Methods. Students Get Information From Online Databases, Create Their Own Databases To Spot Trends, And Use Spreadsheet To Crunch Numbers. They Get Story Ideas And Become Instant Experts By Lurking On Some Of The Thousands Of User Groups, News Groups, And Bulletin Boards And Listservs. They Use Email To Interview Experts Worldwide. In Short, Teenage Students Can Produce Investigative Feature Stories Far Beyond The Capabilities Of Senior Journalists.This Revised Edition Of Newspaper Feature Writing By Len Granato Is At The Cutting Edge Of The Revolution. It Has Three Main Aims: To Maintain And Enhance The Systematic Approach To Feature Writing Pioneered In The Earlier Editions; To Help Lectures Integrate Car Into Their Courses; And To Give Working Journalism Some Instruction In Car.
