Writing Feature Articles
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-23816-9 (ISBN)
Mary Hogarth offers comprehensive guidance on every aspect of feature writing, from having the initial idea and conducting market and subject research, to choosing the right target audience and publishing platform and successfully pitching the article. In addition, the book instructs students on developing their own journalistic style and effectively structuring their feature. Each chapter then concludes with an action plan to help students put what they have read into practice.
Topics include:
Life as a freelance
Building a professional profile
Telling a story with images
Developing a specialism
Interviewing skills
Profile and interview articles
Working in publicity and advertising
A career in magazines and newspapers
Getting published overseas
Understanding issues in media law and regulation
The book also provides an extensive range of interviews with successful media professionals, including a newspaper editor, a money, health and lifestyle journalist, a copywriter and an award-winning columnist, where they share their own experiences of working in the industry and offer invaluable tips on best practice.
Mary Hogarth is and educator, media specialist, and writer, Mary Hogarth is a HEA Senior Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University. With more than 20 years’ industry experience and lecturing experience, Mary set up The Magazine Expert Ltd consultancy practice in 2015, specialising in new title launches (print, online and digital), audience engagement, editorial development and sustainable business strategies. To date, Mary has written numerous articles on magazine publishing and authored three books -How To Launch A Magazine In This Digital Age (Bloomsbury, 2014), Business Strategies for MagazinePublishing (Routledge, 2018) and Writing Feature Articles (Routledge, 2019). Recently Mary has embarked on a PhD investigating how magazine business practices have evolved as a result of the digital age.
List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Foreword, Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Life as a freelance 3. Ideas are everywhere 4. Market research 5. How to pitch successfully 6. Turn ideas into articles 7. Research and interview techniques 8. A cohesive structure 9. How to develop a strong style 10. Images tell a story 11. Copywriting and PR 12. Specialist features, columns and reviews 13. Interviews vs profiles 14. Worldwide markets 15. A career in magazines and newspapers 16. Law and ethics: a rough guide 17. Last word: an editor’s perspective, with Jonathan Telfer, Appendices, References, Bibliography, Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 08.04.2019 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 15 Tables, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white; 13 Halftones, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 520 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Journalistik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-23816-3 / 1138238163 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-23816-9 / 9781138238169 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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