Feature Writing for Journalists / Edition 1

by Sharon Wheeler

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415336352
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/03/2009
Series:	Media Skills
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Sharon Wheeler is Course Leader in Print Journalism at the University of Gloucestershire. She is co-editor of The Journalistic Imagination (with Richard Keeble, 2007), and has contributed to Print Journalism: A Critical Introduction (2005) and Questions of Identity in Detective Fiction (2007). Sharon is editor-in-chief of http://www.reviewingtheevidence.com and is part of the blogging team at http://heydeadguy.typepad.com/heydeadguy/

Table of Contents

1. Setting out your Features Stall 2. Developing an Idea 3. How to Write Features: Getting Personal 4. How to Write Features: Digging for News 5. How to Write Features: Developing an Ego 6. Writing reviews 7. Packing a Punch – The Role of Features in the Print Media 8. Online and Interactive Features Glossary Bibliography and Further Reading

Editorial Reviews

Caryl Rivers, Boston University, USA – ‘Strengths of the current edition? Very practical […] Which topics need to be updated or added to? A bit more on web features […] Would you consider adopting a new edition of this book? Yes I would, [as] a core text.’

Clare Trodden, Edinburgh Napier University, UK – ‘Strengths of the proposed book? Good to see an attempt to address skills across platforms. Also good that the importance and difficulty of feature writing, from coming up with ideas to seeing them through, is addressed.’

Mary Hogarth, Southampton Solent University, UK – ‘Strengths of the proposed book? Good, clear content which is easy to digest in small chunks […] Which topics need to be updated or added to? There needs to be a section on writing pitches, approaching editors and building a relationship with them. Also the big need in industry (according to the PPA) is being able to adapt content such as features to go across a publication’s platform which means online and social media. This is a must.’

From the Publisher