I was recently interviewed in Crack the Spine’s Wordsmith series! They asked me how long I’ve been writing, what my greatest challenge as a writer is, and the best piece of advice on how to stay sane as a writer. Read on to find out more about the main message in my short story in […]
Chapter 9: The Classics APRIL 15, 2011 To be a reporter, to be a good reporter, one has to have a passion for the craft of writing. Reporters must have a passion for journalism. Journalism is often a quest for social reform. Good reporters whose writing is powerful report on injustice, corruption, social issues and […]
Chapter 8: Terrorism, war and disasters Writing about terrorism, war and disasters is tricky, has to be accurate and on tight deadlines and is difficult to write. It’s hard to witness disaster, but people need information about what happens and the response to it. So reporters must go, witness, observe, interview, research and report. These […]
Chapter 7: The Profile and Feature Story Feature and profile writing has been called the art of journalism, the art of journalistic writing. The feature story can be about diverse topics and issues. But what all good feature stories have in common is rich details, possibly metaphorical or figurative language and a person at the […]
Alumnus offers editing tips to communications students Marlena Chertock MARCH 16, 2011 Sometimes she has three hours to work on a story and other times three minutes. But Assistant Director of University Relations for Alumni Communications Kristen Simonetti always reads through a story first and then edits it in more detail. Simonetti, who graduated from […]
Director of Elon University News Bureau Eric Townsend offers communications students writing advice *** Eric Townsend on finding good stories
Marlena Chertock March 11, 2011 Nathan Rode was willing to do grunt work to get where he wanted. He took a position with a lot of data-entry at Baseball America, which is one way he got into the journalism business. During his senior year of college, he interned at Baseball America for 20 hours a […]
Chapter 5: Explanatory Journalism and Business Writing MARCH 10, 2011 Explanatory journalism is when a reporter writes to explain a topic, issue or event that people don’t know much about or that people aren’t aware of. The topic can be complex, complicated or confusing. The articles show that the writer has researched and reported on […]
Chapter 4: Crime and Courts MARCH 4, 2011 The fourth chapter of “America’s Best Newspaper Writing” offers an understanding of how to report on crime and court proceedings. Crime, the cop beat and court cases are very important to inform the public about. The great writers in this chapter told powerful stories with moral messages. […]
Chapter 2: Local Reporting and Beats The second chapter of “America’s Best Newspaper Writing” offers a nice introduction to local reporting and beats. Local reporting is covering events in a local region, in a closer in proximity region. Local reporting can also have beats. For example, if a reporter was covering education in a town, […]