| Real Feature Writing: Story Shapes and Writing Strategies from the Real World of Journalism Contributor(s): Aamidor, Abraham (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805858326 ISBN-13: 9780805858327 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: "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 forupper-level journalism students, and will be a valuable resource for freelance writers and young working journalists needing guidance on writing features. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Journalism - Language Arts & Disciplines | Communication Studies |
| Dewey: 070.44 |
| LCCN: 2005058517 |
| Lexile Measure: 1170 |
| Series: Routledge Communication |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.04" W x 8.98" (0.69 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |