""Professional Feature Writing"" provides the basics of news media feature writing and establishes a solid foundation for students and writers making feature writing their career. This fifth edition offers a thorough and up-to-date look at newspaper,...
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""Professional Feature Writing"" provides the basics of news media feature writing and establishes a solid foundation for students and writers making feature writing their career. This fifth edition offers a thorough and up-to-date look at newspaper, magazine, newsletter, and online publications, with emphasis on daily newspapers and consumer magazines. It serves as a comprehensive introduction to feature writing, emphasizing writing skills, article types, and the collegiate and professional writing life. With a wide variety of perspectives and experiences of both young and experienced writers
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Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Author; Acknowledgments; Preface; Part One: The Basics; 1 Feature Writing Today; 2 Careers as Feature Writers and Editors; 3 Finding Good Feature Article Ideas; 4 Researching Feature Article Ideas; 5 The Writing, Story Telling, and Editing Processes; Part Two: Types of Feature Articles; 6 Descriptive and Color Writing; 7 The Human-Interest Article; 8 Profiles and Personality Sketches; 9 Seasonal Features; 10 Entertainment Features and Critical Writing; 11 Aftermath, Follow-Up, and Depth Series Articles; 12 Travel Writing; 13 Service Features
14 Personal Experience Articles15 Humor in Feature Writing; 16 New Technology and Science Features; Part Three: The Collegiate and Professional Writer; 17 Writing Feature Articles on Campus; 18 Freelance Writing and Marketing; 19 Surviving in the Freelance Business; Appendix A: World Wide Web Resources; Appendix B: Pennsylvania Angler and Boater Guidelines for Contributors, Fall 2008; Appendix C: Freelance Letters of Agreement of National Geographic Society; Appendix D: Code of Ethics of the Society of Professional Journalists
Appendix E: American Society of Journalists and Authors Code of Ethics and Fair PracticesReferences; Index;
