The Age’s Shaun Carney speaks to the class about feature writing. Get them interested, wheel your readers in, and tell your audience ‘why’ they should be reading this. ‘Keep telling your reader why they need to read this’. Shaun says he is a fan of writing past tense i.e.; as in the Tea Party reading.
Make sure you meet your interviewee’s in person Carney explains to the class, you will pick up things that you won’t necessarily by talking on the phone, look at body language and what really drives people. Another thing Carney stresses is the importance of contacts and keeping a current contact base, crucial to be an effective journalist. Read, read and read more feature articles Carney says.
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