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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Matthew Ricketson |
| ISBN: | 1865087327 9781865087320 |
| OCLC Number: | 56393620 |
| Description: | xvi, 284 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | What exactly is a feature story? -- The variety of feature stories -- Crossing the bridge from media consumer to media practitioner -- Generating fresh story ideas -- Spend half an hour planning now, save half a day later -- Gathering the raw material -- The subtle and slippery art of interviewing -- Seeing things for yourself -- Finding the right structure for the story -- Leads, closes, and that big lump in the middle -- Wordcraft -- Editing your story and working with editors -- Looking ahead to literary journalism. |
| Responsibility: | Matthew Ricketson. |
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"Matthew Ricketson's book is both useful and thought-provoking. For the young reporter struggling to write features, it provides a good basic primer. For those interested in pushing the boundaries of the journalistic form, it provides encouragement and provocation." --Margaret Simons, award-winning journalist and author of "Meeting of the Waters <br> Read more...
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