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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