Feature Writing for Journalism and Media Students provides readers with an engaging introduction to the vibrant world of journalistic feature writing. Drawing on his own expertise as well as his one-on-one interviews with the talented journalists behind the articles, veteran writer and educator Dan Rowe provides insightful commentary that helps students see - from an insider's perspective - exactly what makes each feature story in this collection so exceptional. Brimming with practical advice on the processes that journalists use to research and craft their stories, Feature Writing for Journalism and Media Students will help readers appreciate outstanding feature writing and learn effective approaches to creating their own original and compelling stories.

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Dan Rowe is professor of Journalism at Humber College and coordinator of Humber's four-year Bachelor of Journalism program. He has previously taught journalism and media studies at Ryerson, Wilfrid Laurier-Brantford, and Syracuse University. In his work as a practicing journalist he has contributed articles to The Globe and Mail, the National Post, the Vancouver Sun, Ottawa Citizen, Calgary Herald, and the Victoria Times-Colonist, as well as Toronto Life magazine. Between 2003 and 2006, he was a staff writer, and later, news editor for Quill and Quire. Besides his journalistic work, he has been published in The Journal of the Institute of Justice and International Studies. Feature Writing for Journalism and Media Students is his first book.

''I like the practical aspect of this book. I also like the discussion with/about the writer of each article, which helps readers understand how the piece came together and how the writer approached it." --Christopher Clark, Western University

This book offers analysis of a broad spectrum of feature writing forms and subjects, plus it provides a contemporary look at the people and processes behind some of the country's best feature writing." --Larry Cornies, Conestoga College