Christopher D. Benson, Charles F. Whitaker

Magazine Writing (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What does it take to launch a career writing for magazines? In this comprehensive, up-to-date introduction to magazine writing, a team of experienced magazine writers and editors takes students from initial story pitches through final production, emphasizing that success in magazines is one part creative effort and one part marketing savvy. Magazine Writing offers time-tested rules for good writing alongside 21st-century tools for digital storytelling, examples of published work, conversations with successful magazine contributors and bloggers, and interviews with editors on what they're looking for give students all the skills and practical insights they need to jumpstart a magazine writing career.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136191213
• Artikelnr.: 40463255

Autorenporträt

Christopher D. Benson is Associate Professor of Journalism and African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has written for Chicago, Savoy, Jet, and The Crisis magazines, and has contributed to The Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times and Reader's Digest. He has worked as Features Editor and Washington Editor for Ebony magazine.

Charles F. Whitaker is Helen Gurley Brown Magazine Research Chair at the Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University. He was a senior editor at Ebony magazine and a reporter at the Miami Herald and the Louisville Times (Ky.), and he has written for the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago magazine, Jet magazine, Essence magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Saturday Evening Post, Chicago Parent magazine, and Folio.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Beginning the Journey: An Overview 2. The Inside Story: A Look at the
Magazine Industry 3. Selective Magazine Markets 4. The Big Idea 5.
Sharpening the Angle 6. Pitch Perfect 7. Research: The Foundation of Good
Storytelling 8. Structure: The Building Blocks of Good Storytelling 9.
Structure II: The Mortar for Storytelling Blocks 10. Self Edit 11. Literary
Non-Fiction: Storytelling at its Best 12. The Profile 13. Service 14. Arts
& Entertainment 15. Sports 16. Travel 17. Essays 18. B2B: The Ultimate
Service Journalism 19. Writing for the Web and Tablets 20. Legal and
Ethical Considerations