| Cover |
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| About the authors |
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| Title Page |
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| Copyright Page |
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| Contents |
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| List of infographics and resources |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| 1 Why feature stories matter |
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| How to use this book |
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| 2 Creating stories for the full range of media forms |
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| Newspaper, magazine and online features |
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| News values |
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| The platforms for contemporary features |
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| The war between platforms |
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| 3 The variety of feature stories amid the variety of media forms |
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| Event and issue-based features |
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| Colour story |
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| News feature |
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| General feature |
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| Backgrounder |
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| Investigative feature |
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| Lifestyle feature |
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| Listicle |
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| People stories |
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| Interview piece |
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| Profile |
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| Human interest story |
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| Personal narratives |
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| Columns |
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| Blogs |
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| Reviews |
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| Travel Stories |
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| Feature 'Drunk, disorderly, dead' |
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| Story behind the story |
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| Craft in focus |
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| 4 Being reader-oriented from start to finish |
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| The changing audience |
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| Getting to know the audience |
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| What audiences like |
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| What audiences don't like |
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| How to write for the audience |
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| 5 Generating fresh story ideas |
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| Generating the story idea |
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| Refining the story idea |
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| Evaluating the story idea |
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| Packaging the story idea |
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| 6 Gathering the raw material |
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| Sources for interviews |
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| Documentary evidence |
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| Feature 'Jail with a chance of drowning' |
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| 7 The subtle and slippery art of interviewing |
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| Interviewing strategies |
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| Framing the questions and hearing the answers |
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| Technology and interviews |
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| Feature 'The world according to Bryce' |
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| 8 Seeing things for yourself |
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| Why you should observe events first-hand |
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| Gathering material first-hand |
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| 9 Finding the right structure for the story |
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| Sifting and sorting the raw material |
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| Fleshing out the structure |
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| Specialised feature structures. |
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| Writing a profile, interview or human interest piece |
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| Writing a review |
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| Writing a column |
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| Writing a blog |
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| 10 Leads, closes and that big lump in the middle |
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| Leading the way |
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| Organising the big lump in the middle |
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| Endings |
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| Feature 'How the Liberal Party machine swallowed the real Tony Abbott alive' |
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| 11 Wordcraft |
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| Get the basics |
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| Literary techniques |
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| Adding multimedia elements |
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| 12 Editing your story and getting published |
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| Edit your work |
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| Being print-ready |
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| Getting published |
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| Feature 'Diary of a convert' |
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| Glossary |
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| Suggestions for further reading |
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| Endnotes |
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| Index. |
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| Cover |
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| About the authors |
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| Title Page |
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| Copyright Page |
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| Contents |
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| List of infographics and resources |
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