Real feature writing / Abraham Aamidor.
By: Aamidor, Abraham.
Material type: BookSeries: LEA'S communication series.Publisher: Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1999Description: xiii, 161 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0805831797 ; 0805831800 .Subject(s): Feature writingDDC classification: 070.44Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 070.44 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00086273 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This book emphasizes story shape and structure by illustrating several distinct types of feature and non-fiction stories, all drawn from the real world. Aamidor presents a collection of distinct non-deadline story types (profile, trend, focus, advocacy, and more) together with an introduction to each story type, a full-text example, a critical analysis of the example, and clear directions for producing similar stories.
Real Feature Writing excels in a diverse mix of authors and subjects, including African-American, women's, and environmental issues. Parts I and II include the story shapes and examples, and move from basic to more advanced types. Part III includes chapters on leads, quotes, descriptive writing, databases and reference books, and a chapter on breaking into newspaper feature writing that includes several interviews with feature writers and editors.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156) and indexes.
Part I -- The profile -- The trend story -- The pro and con story -- The news peg -- Part II -- The focus story -- Problems and solutions -- The journalist essay -- Point of view -- Part III -- The lead -- Observation for detail -- Interview techniques -- Best use of quotes -- Copyediting for features -- Using databases -- Breaking Into newspapering -- Spell checkers.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Part I Types of Feature Stories
- The Profile
- The Trend Story
- The Focus Story
- The Pro-and-Con Story
- The News Peg
- International Perspectives
- Advocacy Journalism
- Part II Writing Features
- The Lead
- Interview Techniques
- Best Use of Quotes
- Literary Journalism
- Research
- Content Editing for Features
- Copy Editing for Features
- Freelancing
- Ethics 201