Real Feature Writing / Edition 2

by Abraham Aamidor

Overview

Real Feature Writing emphasizes story shape and structure by illustrating several distinct types of feature and non-fiction stories, all drawn from the real world. Author Abraham Aamidor presents a collection of distinct non-deadline story types (profile, trend, focus, advocacy, and more), providing an introduction to each story type, a full-text example, a critical analysis of the example, and clear directions for producing similar stories. In this second edition, Aamidor and his guest contributors (all with real-world journalistic experience) demonstrate in clear, honest language how to write features.

New for this edition are:
*updated examples of feature writing, integrated throughout the text;*a chapter on ethical journalism, which takes a critical look at propaganda;*a chapter on international perspectives, including coverage of issues in the Middle East;*chapters on research, freelancing, content editing, copyediting, and literary journalism.
This text is appropriate for upper-level journalism students, and will be a valuable resource for freelance writers and young working journalists needing guidance on writing features.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780805858327
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/26/2006
Series:	Routledge Communication Series
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1170L (what's this?)

About the Author

Abraham Aamidor (Author),  Howard Sinker (Contributions by),  Susan Fadem (Contributions by),  Hank Nuwer (Franklin College) (Contributions by),  Nelson Price (Contributions by),  Yahya R Kamalipour, Ph.D. (Contributions by),  Stacey Mann (Contributions by),  Laurie Hertzel (Contributions by)

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface. Part I: Types of Feature Stories. The Profile. The Trend Story. The Focus Story. The Pro-and-Con Story. The News Peg. Y.R. Kamalipour, International Perspectives. Advocacy Journalism. Part II: Writing Features. The Lead. N. Price, Interview Techniques. Best Use of Quotes. H. Nuwer, Literary Journalism. H. Sinker, Research. L. Hertzel, Content Editing for Features. S. Mann, Copy Editing for Features. S. Fadem, Freelancing. Ethics 201.

Editorial Reviews

Review of the first edition:
"It is written for a college audience, in fresh language and with humor.... One thing I especially like about the book is that it is easy to augment with classroom reading. Each chapter contains examples, whether of stories or of excerpts from stories. This is great for the student to see....my students always ask for an 'instruction manual' for feature writing, and this book offers that, and more."
—Journalism & Mass Communication Educator

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