
Writing Feature Articles
Brendan Hennessy(Author)
Focal Press
3rd Edition
Published on 5. November 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
440 pages
978-0-240-51471-0 (ISBN)
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Description
This book is aimed at everybody who wants to write feature articles - including students on journalism courses; practising journalists, staff or freelance; people in trades and professions who have the need or occasion to write articles and are not sure how to go about it; people in PR and advertising; and people looking for a new hobby.
Writing Feature Articles has proved invaluable, not only to students on journalism courses in the UK and overseas, but also to journalists extending their range, and to freelance and aspiring writers. Examples have been updated for this edition, and new information included on word processing.
Writing Feature Articles has proved invaluable, not only to students on journalism courses in the UK and overseas, but also to journalists extending their range, and to freelance and aspiring writers. Examples have been updated for this edition, and new information included on word processing.
Reviews / Votes
"My 'Bible'! This was my primary reference source when I was self-teaching myself to become a writer in 1996/7. I have subsequently had over 12,000 words and 260 pictures published in 20 UK leisure and lifestyle magazines seen by approximately 2.5 million readers."Reader review, Amazon.co.uk
"One of the better books on feature writing. I would recommend this to intermediate level writers - those who are not complete beginners, but not seasoned professionals either. They will benefit most."
Reader review, Amazon.co.uk
"The best book ever on article writing."
James Gracie, Writer's Monthly
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Edition
3rd New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Adult education
College/higher education
Students on journalism courses both in the UK and overseas, and to a wide range of people seeking to develop their writing skills.<BR id="CRLF">
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-240-51471-0 (9780240514710)
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Person
As a staff journalist early in his career he worked on magazines in various editorial posts including Chief Subeditor and Assistant Editor on Country Life. As a London-based freelance he concentrated on articles on the arts, interviews and reviews for various newspapers, including The Times and The Guardian, and for various magazine, including the Radio Times and other weeklies.While working in Bogota, Colombia (1971-75) as Coordinator of Studies in the English Department of the School of Translation and Interpreting, Rosario University, his journalism included work as a foreign correspondent (stringer) for The Sunday Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek and the Buenos Aires Herald. He founded, directed and presented a weekly half-hour programme in Spanish called Encuentros Culturales (Cultural Encounters), for a radio station, Emisora Mariana de Bogota. For this he interviewed ambassadors and businessmen from various countries.During 1975-76 in Madrid he wrote for McGraw-Hill Publications and the Adelaide Advertiser, among other publications. He wrote a weekly column, Inside Spain, for the Manchester Evening News.Lecturing and training include giving private tuition in English and essay writing skills through to university level; heading the English Department of the Haile Selassie I day School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (1955-57); giving various writing skills courses to professionals; and lecturing in English Language and Literature for the British Council in Milan (1955-57), at the Rosario University, Bogota, and in Madrid.As a trainer in journalism he was Director of Studies at the College of Journalism in London from 1976 to 1987, and lecturer in feature writing at universities in London, including the University of Westminster postgraduate programme in Journalism Studies (1987-00). In 1987 he established the Brendan Hennessy consultancy, providing training in journalism and writing skills training for business organisations. From 1995 he has concentrated on this and on
Author
Brendan Hennessy's career to date has involved magazine editing, freelance journalism, lecturing and training, as well as writing books.
Content
From author to article; Dealing with editors; The writing process; The world of ideas; Article types and their markets; Getting organized; A look at structure; From titles to endings; Deeper into information; Illustrating the article;
Developing writing techniques; The question of style; Profiles and interview features; Writing a column; The reviewer; The features department; Expanding your markets; Advertising and publicity work; The professional person as a writer; Inside the publishing organizations; Writing into the future; Appendices 1-8; Bibliography
Developing writing techniques; The question of style; Profiles and interview features; Writing a column; The reviewer; The features department; Expanding your markets; Advertising and publicity work; The professional person as a writer; Inside the publishing organizations; Writing into the future; Appendices 1-8; Bibliography