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Professional Feature Writing provides an essential introduction to the basics of news media feature writing and establishes a solid foundation for students and writers making feature writing their career.
List of contents
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Preface
I The Basics
1 Feature Writing Today
2 Careers as Feature Writers and Editors
3 Finding Good Feature Ideas
4 Research for Your Feature Story
5 Using Social Media in Features
6 Interviewing and Observation in Features
7 Description and Color Writing
8 Storytelling, Writing, and Editing
II Common Types of Feature Stories
9 Human-Interest Features
10 Writing Profiles
11 Writing Social Trends Features
12 Seasonal Features
13 Entertainment Features and Reviews
14 Aftermath, Follow-Up, and Depth Series Features
15 Travel Features
16 Service Features
17 Personal Experience Features
18 Humor in Feature Writing
19 Science and Technology Features
III Becoming a Professional Writer
20 Writing Features on Campus
21 Freelance Feature Writing
References
Index
About the author
Bruce Garrison is a professor in the Journalism and Media Management Department, School of Communication, University of Miami. He was awarded a Fulbright grant for China and lectured at Shanghai International Studies University and several other Chinese universities. Garrison is the author of books and journal articles about the uses of new technologies in newsrooms and by the public, reporting, writing, sports journalism, and journalism in Latin America.
