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Feature Writing and Reporting
Journalism in the Digital Age

First Edition
August 2020 | 368 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
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This new text offers a fresh look at feature writing and reporting in the 21st century. Award-winning professor and author Jennifer Brannock Cox teaches students the fundamentals of feature writing and reporting while emphasizing the skills and tools needed to be successful in the digital era. Packed with the best samples of feature writing today, this practical text gives students ample opportunity to practice their writing as they build a portfolio of work for their future careers. Cox's special attention on new multimedia and online reporting prepares readers for success in a rapidly changing media landscape.



 
I. BEYOND THE Ws -- CONCEPTS AND CONSIDERATIONS
 
1. Feature Storytelling in the Digital Age
 
2. Concepts for Practicing Feature Storytelling
 
3. Feature Storytelling Structure
 
4. Feature Story Interviewing
 
5. Feature Storytelling Ethics in the Digital Age
 
II. GOING DEEPER WITH FOCUSED REPORTING & WRITING
 
6. Immersion Journalism
 
7. Community/Citizen Journalism
 
8. Solutions Journalism
 
III. MULTIMEDIA FOR THE PRINT/ONLINE JOURNALIST
 
9. Photojournalism
 
10. Audio & Video Storytelling Online
 
11. Multimedia Storytelling Tools for the Digital Age
Key features
KEY FEATURES:
  • Coverage of innovative reporting strategies for feature storytelling allows instructors to go beyond traditional writing methods and teach such concepts as immersion, community, and solutions journalism.
  • Diving In sections introduce readers to forthcoming topics with stories of journalists in the field and explanations of why the topics matter in the digital age.
  • Helpful Hints boxes provide students with quick tips and easy takeaways to improve their writing.
  • Words with Pros boxes present short interviews with today’s most innovative editors and reporters.
  • From the Field boxes showcase short articles about journalism educators, reporters, and media companies, along with explanations of best practices and advice from expert journalists around the world.
  • The Whole Story boxes offer examples of full-length articles with annotated commentary to help students understand writing techniques.
  • Chapter-concluding Takeaways identify for students the key content they should retain after completing their reading.
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