Intimate Journalism

The Art and Craft of Reporting Everyday Life
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7619-0587-5
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc.

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 538 g

An exemplary text for courses in feature writing, magazine, and literary journalism, Intimate Journalism introduces students to the cutting-edge art of combining traditional feature writing with deep journalistic inquiry. This collection of award-winning articles elevates human interest reporting to new heights in the literary journalism field. In a detailed and hands-on, practical primer on in-depth human reporting, editor Walt Harrington prefaces this outstanding collection by sharing the trade secrets from his 15 years as a staff writer for The Washington Post Magazine. Fifteen articles follow, each containing fascinating examples of evocative human reporting by some of the most artful journalists in America. Each article is followed by an invaluable afterword from each journalist describing how he or she conceptualized, reported and wrote their particular story. In this passionate and intense volume, Harrington gives journalists inspiration and guidance on how to turn ordinary life into extraordinary journalism A must for students and teachers of journalism, for budding magazine and newspaper writers, and for professional journalists who wish to be re-inspired by the superb reporting, distinctive writing, and sound advice found in this text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harrington, Walt

Harrington, Walter G.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Verhaltenstherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Systemische Beratung & Therapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Kinder- und Jugendlichenpsychotherapie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Familientherapie, Paartherapie, Gruppentherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue
The Job of Remembering for the Tribe
A Writer's Essay
Seeking the Extraordinary in the Ordinary
The Man Who Couldn't Read - Gary Smith
Shadow of a Nation - Gary Smith
The American Man at Age Ten - Susan Orlean
The Last Housewife in America - David Finkel
TV without Guilt - David Finkel
Mrs Kelly's Monster - Jon Franklin
Missing Alice - Pete Earley
In These Girls, Hope Is a Muscle - Madeleine Blais
Zepp's Last Stand - Madeleine Blais
Each Other's Mirror - Jeanne Marie Laskas
How the World Turns in West Philadelphia - Richard Ben Cramer
Death in Venice - Mike Sager
True Detective - Walt Harrington
When Daddy Comes Home - Walt Harrington
The Shape of Her Dreaming - Walt Harrington