Full Description
Updated in a new 7th edition, this book helps the reader cultivate vital journalistic skills. It combines clear explanations of each step in the writing process with a wide range of stories from some of the country's best newspaper, magazine and online feature writers. With detailed coverage on creating and refining article ideas, conducting research and interviews, writing, and navigating legal and ethical question, this bookuses experience-driven advice and compelling articles to show how award-winning journalists achieve excellence and national recognition.
Contents
CHAPTER oneThe Newspaper Feature Story The Feature: Helen's Story An Overview Newspaper Feature Story Types: News and Timeless Features Categories and Appeals Newspaper Feature Writers: The Right Stuff A Profile of the Pulitzer Winners The Anatomy of a Newspaper Feature Story "Mrs. Kelly's Monster" by Jon Franklin of the Baltimore Evening SunA Pulitzer Prize Winner The Future: Trends in Newspaper Feature Writing CHAPTER TWOThe Newspaper Feature Story Idea What Newspaper Readers Want to Read How to Get Ideas Focusing Ideas Ideas That Didn't Work Ideas That Worked "Life on the Land: An American Farm Family" "Life on the Land: An American Farm Family" by John Camp of the St. Paul Pioneer PressA Pulitzer Prize Winner"Pearls Before Breakfast" "PEARLS BEFORE BREAKFAST" by Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post MagazineA Pulitzer Prize Winner CHAPTER ThreeThe Magazine Article and Article Idea How a Magazine Article Differs from a Newspaper Feature Staff Writer Versus Freelancer Three Necessary Skills for the Freelance Writer Stalking the Elusive Article Idea Matching Ideas to Markets "Like Something the Lord Made" by Katie McCabe for The WashingtonianA National Magazine Award Winner "Death of a Playmate" by Teresa Carpenter for The Village Voic
