Intimate Journalism: The Art and Craft of Reporting Everyday Life
Walt Harrington
(Author)
Description
An exemplary text for courses in feature writing, magazine and literary journalism, Intimate Journalism introduces students to the art of combining human interest stories with incisive journalistic enquiry. Harrington prefaces this outstanding collection of award-winning feature articles with detailed, practical reporting advice, sharing trade secrets from his 15 years as a staff writer for The Washington Post. The following chapters each contain examples of human interest reporting, followed by an invaluable afterward from each journalist describing how he or she conceptualized, reported and wrote their particular story.
Product Details
Price
$205.85
Publisher
Sage Publications, Inc.
Publish Date
March 28, 1997
Pages
376
Dimensions
6.0 X 8.92 X 1.01 inches | 1.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780761905875
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About the Author
Walt Harrington is a former staff writer for the Washington Post Magazine, where he wrote benchmark profiles of Jesse Jackson, Jerry Falwell, Rosa Parks, and George H.W. Bush, as well as numerous in-depth stories on the lives of ordinary people. He has won twenty-nine awards for his writing. Harrington is the author or editor of ten books, an Emmy-winning documentary film writer, and a Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois, where he taught literary journalism and served as head of the Department of Journalism and as an Associate Chancellor.
