The Art of Writing Nonfiction: Second Edition - Paperback

by André Fontaine (Author), William A. Glavin Jr (Author)

This book documents a major change in journalistic practice in the United States. It is a change that has been largely unnoticed outside the profession and not understood by thousands inside.

This book explores and describes the process of interpretive journalism, and tells how it is done. Starting with the inception and shaping of the idea for the story, the book takes the reader through the research process, the evaluation of the evidence, the origination and presentation of material, and a discussion of leads, endings, and the body of the story. Then it discusses different kinds of writing - dramatic, descriptive, explanatory, emotional, and profiles.

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This book explores and describes the process of interpretive journalism and how it is properly done. It will be of practical value to journalism students as well as practicing journalists who want to expand their artistic horizons.

Author Biography

André Fontaine spent more than thirty years on news-papers and magazines in New York, as city editor of Newsday, associate editor of Collier's, editor of Bluebook, and senior editor of Redbook. For more than a decade he worked as a freelance writer, publishing in major national magazines from Reader's Digest to Yachting. He is professor emeritus at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.