Feature Writing: The Pursuit of Excellence

<p>CHAPTER one</p> <p>The Newspaper Feature Story&nbsp;</p> <p>The Feature: Helen’s Story &nbsp;</p> <p>An Overview &nbsp;</p> <p>Newspaper Feature Story Types: News and Timeless Features &nbsp;</p> <p>Categories and Appeals &nbsp;</p> <p>Newspaper Feature Writers: The Right Stuff &nbsp;</p> <p>A Profile of the Pulitzer Winners &nbsp;</p> <p>The Anatomy of a Newspaper Feature Story &nbsp;</p> <p>“Mrs. Kelly’s Monster” &nbsp;</p> <p>by Jon Franklin of the Baltimore Evening Sun</p> <p>A Pulitzer Prize Winner </p> <p>The Future: Trends in Newspaper Feature Writing &nbsp;</p> <p>CHAPTER TWO</p> <p>The Newspaper Feature Story Idea &nbsp;</p> <p>What Newspaper Readers Want to Read &nbsp;</p> <p>How to Get Ideas &nbsp;</p> <p>Focusing Ideas &nbsp;</p> <p>Ideas That Didn’t Work &nbsp;</p> <p>Ideas That Worked &nbsp;</p> <p>“Life on the Land: An American Farm Family” &nbsp;</p> <p>“Life on the Land: An American Farm Family” &nbsp;</p> <p>by John Camp of the St. Paul Pioneer Press</p> <p>A Pulitzer Prize Winner</p> <p>“Pearls Before Breakfast” &nbsp;</p> <p>“PEARLS BEFORE BREAKFAST” &nbsp;</p> <p>by Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post Magazine</p> <p>A Pulitzer Prize Winner </p> <p>CHAPTER Three</p> <p>The Magazine Article and Article Idea &nbsp;</p> <p>How a Magazine Article Differs from a Newspaper Feature &nbsp;</p> <p>Staff Writer Versus Freelancer &nbsp;</p> <p>Three Necessary Skills for the Freelance Writer &nbsp;</p> <p>Stalking the Elusive Article Idea &nbsp;</p> <p>Matching Ideas to Markets &nbsp;</p> <p>“Like Something the Lord Made” &nbsp;</p> <p>by Katie McCabe for The Washingtonian</p> <p>A National Magazine Award Winner </p> <p>“Death of a Playmate” &nbsp;</p> <p>by Teresa Carpenter for The Village Voice</p> <p>A Pulitzer Prize Winner </p> <p>Taking the Next Step &nbsp;</p> <p>CHAPTER four</p> <p>Researching for Newspaper Feature Stories and Magazine Articles &nbsp;</p> <p>Newspaper Reference Rooms AND COMPUTER FILES &nbsp;</p> <p>Magazine Reference Resources &nbsp;</p> <p>Computerized Research &nbsp;</p> <p>Using Search Engines and Directories &nbsp;</p> <p>WRITING FOR THE INTERNET &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp; On the Decline of Print Journalism</p> <p>&nbsp; Freelancing for the Internet</p> <p>Turning Research into the Finished Article &nbsp;</p> <p>“WHERE BUSINESS TRAVELERS LIVE” &nbsp;</p> <p>by Joe Brancatelli</p> <p>“WHy we hate the airlines and lobve diet coke” &nbsp;</p> <p>by Joe Brancatelli</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>CHAPTER five</p> <p>Interviewing for Newspaper Feature Stories and Magazine Articles &nbsp;</p> <p>Kinds of Interviews &nbsp;</p> <p>Getting Ready to Interview &nbsp;</p> <p>Who to Interview &nbsp;</p> <p>Asking for the Interview &nbsp;</p> <p>Persuading People Who Don’t Want to Talk &nbsp;</p> <p>When and Where to Interview &nbsp;</p> <p>Researching the Interviewee &nbsp;</p> <p>Conducting the Personal Interview &nbsp;</p> <p>Making Friends &nbsp;</p> <p>Asking Questions &nbsp;</p> <p>Attribution Guidelines &nbsp;</p> <p>Gathering Material &nbsp;</p> <p>Fixing Quotes &nbsp;</p> <p>Description &nbsp;</p> <p>Excerpt from “The Boy Behind the Mask” &nbsp;</p> <p>by Tom Hallman Jr. of The Oregonian</p> <p>A Pulitzer Prize Winner </p> <p>Excerpt from “Crossing Over” &nbsp;</p> <p>by J. R. Moehringer of The Los Angeles Times</p> <p>A Pulitzer Prize Winner </p> <p>Closing the Session &nbsp;</p> <p>The Interview Story &nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;“Zepp’s Last Stand” &nbsp;</p> <p>by Madeleine Blais of The Miami Herald</p> <p>A Pulitzer Prize Winner </p> <p>CHAPTER six</p> <p>Writing the Newspaper Feature Story &nbsp;</p> <p>Beginning the Process &nbsp;</p> <p>Story Structure &nbsp;</p> <p>Writing the Lead &nbsp;</p> <p>A Dozen Lead Categories &nbsp;</p> <p>Excerpt from “Angels and Demons” &nbsp;</p> <p>by Tom French of the St. Petersburg Times</p> <p>A Pulitzer Prize Winner </p> <p>Excerpt from “How Super Are Our Supercarriers?R</p>