The Art of Feature Writing: From Newspaper Features and Magazine Articles to Commentary - Softcover

Hutchison, Earl R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195179382 ISBN 13: 9780195179385

Publisher: OUP USA, 2007

Synopsis

This textbook provides journalism students with the skills they will need to write compelling copy for newpaper features and magazine articles.

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About the Author

Earl R. Hutchison is Professor and Director of the Communication Program at Tennessee Technological University. He brings a diverse professional and academic career to his writing. He was, for example, an arc welder for General Motors, and he also ran a cattle farm for ten years. After serving five years in three infantry divisions (30th, 24th, and 82nd) as a rifleman, platoon leader, and jumpmaster, he earned degrees leading to a Ph.D. at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has also been an assistant editor on a weekly newspaper, an assistant editor on a small daily newspaper, and a general assignment reporter on a large daily newspaper. He is the author of Writing for Mass Communication, Second Edition; Tropic of Cancer on Trial: A Case History of Censorship; and coeditor of Mass Media and the Law: Freedom & Restraint. His television play, TKO, was produced by CBS. More than 3,000 of his news stories, features, reviews, and articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP USA
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195179382
• ISBN 13: 9780195179385
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368