The Writer's Reader Understanding Journalism and Non-Fiction [Paperback]

Top writers and journalists talk frankly about how they approach writing in this new collection.What was happening behind the Tampa headlines? How do you force a big company to take responsibility for damaging the health of its workers? In The Writer's Reader top writers and journalists talk frankly about how they approach the task in this highly readable new collection.What was happening behind the Tampa headlines? How do you force a big company to take responsibility for damaging the health of its workers? In The Writer's Reader top writers and journalists talk frankly about how they approach the task in this highly readable new collection.What was happening behind the Tampa headlines? How do you force a big company to take responsibility for damaging the health of its workers? What do you do when you suspect a famous author is a fake? How does it feel to be on the receiving end of police crowd control? Or on a hillside, spellbound and fearful, watching the light being sucked from the sky during an eclipse? Top writers and journalists who have written about events and issues big and small talk frankly about how they approach the task in this highly readable new collection. The Writer's Reader combines selected non-fiction articles with interviews with authors reflecting on the process of writing. Academic writing can be dry and dull, but this refreshingly accessible anthology values straight talking about writing and makes the point that if you want to write, then you had better get reading.Preface; Part I. News and Follow-Ups. 1. Telling stories: turning news into features Susie Eisenhuth; 2. Michael Southwell 'Toxic Fallout near Alcoa', West Australian, 22 September, 2001, 'Cancer Secret', West Australian, 29 November, 2001, 'Alcoa Told of Health Issues', West Australian, 24 May 2002; 3. Robert Fisk, 'Is This Some Kind of Crusade?' Independent On Sunday,18 May, 1997, Interview with Robert Fisk; 4. David Marr and Marian Wilkinson, 'They Shall Not Land', Sydney Mol#J