Feature writing : the pursuit of excellence /: the pursuit of excellence. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edward Jay Friedlander, John Lee.
• Authors: Friedlander, Edward Jay; Lee, John, 1931-2012
• Contents: CHAPTER one The 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 Sun A Pulitzer Prize Winner The Future: Trends in Newspaper Feature Writing CHAPTER TWO The 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 Press A Pulitzer Prize Winner 'Pearls Before Breakfast' 'PEARLS BEFORE BREAKFAST' by Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post Magazine A Pulitzer Prize Winner CHAPTER Three The 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 Washingtonian A National Magazine Award Winner 'Death of a Playmate' by Teresa Carpenter for The Village Voice A Pulitzer Prize Winner Taking the Next Step CHAPTER four Researching for Newspaper Feature Stories and Magazine Articles Newspaper Reference Rooms AND COMPUTER FILES Magazine Reference Resources Computerized Research Using Search Engines and Directories WRITING FOR THE INTERNET On the Decline of Print Journalism Freelancing for the Internet Turning Research into the Finished Article 'WHERE BUSINESS TRAVELERS LIVE' by Joe Brancatelli 'WHy we hate the airlines and lobve diet coke' by Joe Brancatelli CHAPTER five Interviewing for Newspaper Feature Stories and Magazine Articles Kinds of Interviews Getting Ready to Interview Who to Interview Asking for the Interview Persuading People Who Don't Want to Talk When and Where to Interview Researching the Interviewee Conducting the Personal Interview Making Friends Asking Questions Attribution Guidelines Gathering Material Fixing Quotes Description Excerpt from 'The Boy Behind the Mask' by Tom Hallman Jr. of The Oregonian A Pulitzer Prize Winner Excerpt from 'Crossing Over' by J. R. Moehringer of The Los Angeles Times A Pulitzer Prize Winner Closing the Session The Interview Story 'Zepp's Last Stand' by Madeleine Blais of The Miami Herald A Pulitzer Prize Winner CHAPTER six Writing the Newspaper Feature Story Beginning the Process Story Structure Writing the Lead A Dozen Lead Categories Excerpt from 'Angels and Demons' by Tom French of the St. Petersburg Times A Pulitzer Prize Winner Excerpt from 'How Super Are Our Supercarriers?R.
• Edition: Pearson new international edition, seventh edition
• Publisher Details: Harlow, United Kingdom : Pearson
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (272 pages)
• Subjects: 070.44; Feature writing; Journalism -- Authorship; Journalisme -- Art d'écrire; Journalism -- Authorship; Feature writing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781292053035; 1292053038
• Related ISBNs: 9781292042152; 129204215X
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