Real Feature Writing : Story Shapes and Writing Strategies from the Real World of Journalism

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"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.  Read more... Abstract: "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 Content: Book Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- About the Author and Contributors -- I Types of Feature Stories -- Chapter 1 The Profile -- Chapter 2 The Trend Story -- Chapter 3 The Focus Story -- Chapter 4 The Pro-and-Con Story -- Chapter 5 The News Peg -- Chapter 6 International Perspectives -- Chapter 7 Advocacy Journalism -- II Writing Features -- Chapter 8 The Lead -- Chapter 9 Interviewing Techniques -- Chapter 10 Best Use of Quotes -- Chapter 11 Literary Journalism -- Chapter 12 Research -- Chapter 13 Content Editing for Features -- Chapter 14 Copy Editing for Features. Chapter 15 Freelancing -- Chapter 16 Ethics 201 -- Author Index -- Subject Index.