Writing for Journalists
by Matt Swaine, Harriett Gilbert, Gavin Allen
4th Edition
Publisher: Routledge
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9780367368562 |
| eText ISBN | 9781000405484 |
| Publisher | Routledge |
| Publishing Year | 2022 |
| Edition | 4th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 260 |
Writing for Journalists, 4th Edition, is a textbook focused on the craft of journalistic writing across print and digital media. The text outlines methods for capturing reader interest and sustaining attention through an article.
Coverage progresses systematically from foundational news reporting to longer, more complex pieces. The volume addresses news intros, story structure, and varied feature formats, including travel writing, critical reviews, and explanations of complex business and science topics.
The textbook serves journalism students and early-career reporters while offering guidance for established journalists developing their writing or leading editorial teams. Practical writing exercises accompany each chapter to support hands-on learning.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: How to read like a journalist
- • How purposeful reading can develop your journalistic instinct and sharpen your writing
Chapter 2: The news intro
- • Understand news values and learn how to construct a compelling opening paragraph
Chapter 3: The first three paragraphs
- • A fail-safe formula to write the opening three paragraphs to any news story
Chapter 4: News structure and style
- • How to structure longer news pieces and deal with more complex stories in style
Chapter 5: Writing for the web
- • How to write for online; understand analytics and SEO and make social media work for you
- • Gavin Allen
Chapter 6: Developing feature ideas
- • Understand your readers and learn how to develop news-driven feature ideas they will want to read
Chapter 7: Starting your feature
- • Why ‘Showing, Telling and Quoting’ are a writer’s building blocks and the key to dynamic intros
Chapter 8: Structure and quotes
- • How to use quotes and understand the three interviewee types essential to your writing
Chapter 9: Storytelling and travel writing
- • Discover what storytelling does to your brain and how to use that in any piece of writing
Chapter 10: Interview features
- • Professional writers explain how to research, structure and write the perfect interview
Chapter 11: Writing reviews
- • How to write reviews on anything from literature and the arts to bicycles and fast cars
- • Harriett Gilbert
Chapter 12: Making complex ideas accessible
- • Business and science journalists explain how to make complex stories accessible to all
- • Matt Swaine, Aiden O'Donnell and Nigel Stephenson
Chapter 13: Boxouts, design and multimedia
- • How to write boxouts and plan multimedia content to deliver strong feature packages
Chapter 14: The professional writer
- • Build your professional profile, hit deadlines, edit your work and develop a unique voice
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