| dc.contributor.author |
Masterton, Murray. |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2008-10-21T02:48:48Z |
| dc.date.available |
2008-10-21T02:48:48Z |
| dc.date.copyright |
1995 |
| dc.date.issued |
1995-05-24 |
| dc.identifier.citation |
Masterton, M. (1995). Writing news features. In Workshop on Editorial Management for Women Journalists: Singapore, May 24-31, 1995. Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre. |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/1328 |
| dc.description.abstract |
After the struggles and justifications of interpretive journalism, working out the
requirements for a news feature article seems to be easy. For many it is, for others the
ease is a cruel deception. Too many reporters who are asked to expand their news reports
into feature material consider it as just that, a simple, uncomplicated expansion. That is
not what a feature is, and that is why feature writing seems to be confined to a few
people on every staff. I would be surprised if the situation is different in Southeast Asia.
It shouldn't be a surprise to find that most reporters like most to report. They
thrive on the pressure of gathering and writing the elements of a report to a tight
deadline. Give them more time to gather more material for a backgrounding article and
they are lost. They either can't or won't do it, or they have to rethink the whole purpose
of their journalism. |
| dc.format.extent |
9 p. |
| dc.subject |
DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::News reporting and writing. |
| dc.subject |
DRNTU::Social sciences::Journalism::Editing. |
| dc.title |
Writing news features. |
| dc.type |
Conference Paper |
| dc.contributor.conference |
Workshop on Editorial Management for Women Journalists : May 24-31, 1995, Singapore. |
