Writing Feature Articles

Print, Digital and Online

Mary Hogarth

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Routledge
04 April 2019

Humanities; Media studies; Press & journalism

Writing Feature Articles presents clear and engaging advice for students and young professionals on working as a freelance feature writer. This fifth edition not only covers producing content for print, but also for digital platforms and online.

Mary Hogarth offers comprehensive guidance on every aspect of feature writing, from having the initial idea and conducting market and subject research, to choosing the right target audience and publishing platform and successfully pitching the article. In addition, the book instructs students on developing their own journalistic style and effectively structuring their feature. Each chapter then concludes with an action plan to help students put what they have read into practice.

Topics include:

Life as a freelance

Building a professional profile

Telling a story with images

Developing a specialism

Interviewing skills

Profile and interview articles

Working in publicity and advertising

A career in magazines and newspapers

Getting published overseas

Understanding issues in media law and regulation

The book also provides an extensive range of interviews with successful media professionals, including a newspaper editor, a money, health and lifestyle journalist, a copywriter and an award-winning columnist, where they share their own experiences of working in the industry and offer invaluable tips on best practice.

By: Mary Hogarth
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 5th edition
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781138238169
ISBN 10: 1138238163
Pages: 300
Publication Date: 04 April 2019
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of figures, List of tables, List of contributors, Foreword, Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. Life as a freelance 3. Ideas are everywhere 4. Market research 5. How to pitch successfully 6. Turn ideas into articles 7. Research and interview techniques 8. A cohesive structure 9. How to develop a strong style 10. Images tell a story 11. Copywriting and PR 12. Specialist features, columns and reviews 13. Interviews vs profiles 14. Worldwide markets 15. A career in magazines and newspapers 16. Law and ethics: a rough guide 17. Last word: an editor’s perspective, with Jonathan Telfer, Appendices, References, Bibliography, Index

Mary Hogarth is and educator, media specialist, and writer, Mary Hogarth is a HEA Senior Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University. With more than 20 years’ industry experience and lecturing experience, Mary set up The Magazine Expert Ltd consultancy practice in 2015, specialising in new title launches (print, online and digital), audience engagement, editorial development and sustainable business strategies. To date, Mary has written numerous articles on magazine publishing and authored three books -How To Launch A Magazine In This Digital Age (Bloomsbury, 2014), Business Strategies for MagazinePublishing (Routledge, 2018) and Writing Feature Articles (Routledge, 2019). Recently Mary has embarked on a PhD investigating how magazine business practices have evolved as a result of the digital age.

Reviews for Writing Feature Articles: Print, Digital and Online

A rich resource, full of gold-plated advice for any budding feature writer. It covers everything you need to know - getting ideas, finding the right audience, pitching, researching and structuring an article and is packed with anecdotes and case studies from successful working journalists. Invaluable not just for would-be feature writers but experienced freelancers. Dr Barbara Rowlands, Associate Professor of Journalism and Hon Research Fellow, City, University of London This a welcome and timely update of Brendan Hennessy's classic Writing Feature Articles. Offering useful examples, insightful interviews and helpful calls to action it is for anyone who aspires to be a journalist in our fast-moving digital age. Journalism educator Catherine Darby, creator and leader of the UK's multi-award-winning first MA in Magazine Journalism, launched at the University of Central Lancashire in 2004.