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The Journalist’s Craft: A Guide to Writing Better Stories
by Dennis Jackson and John Sweeney
This inspiring collection of 19 essays from veteran news writers explains how to weave storytelling skills into nonfiction narratives. Journalists of all backgrounds and levels of experience will discover dozens of exercises that have been tested successfully in newsrooms, workshops, and classrooms, and will cover everything from the fundamentals of reporting, writing and revising to more specialized elements like creating rhythm, cadence, and voice; employing dialogue and scene-building; and such devices as foreshadowing, symbols, and metaphors. Contributors are all veteran journalists, including Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down, and several Pulitzer Prize-winners. This is the perfect guide for anyone who wants to take his or her writing skills to a more engaging, professional level. |
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Reviews
“Good writing depends on good reporting the way human life depends on oxygen,’” says Ken Fuson. So this is a book not just about writing well. It’s about reporting accurately, about understanding detail, about hearing and seeing, and most of all about thinking your way through a story, from beginning to end. It’s storytelling about storytelling from some masters in the business.”
— William Woo, former Editor in Chief, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Lokey Professor, Stanford University
“This book feels real. It’s rooted in the messy little struggle that every reporter goes through with every story. The fact that you witness the battle through the eyes of so many experts makes you appreciate how many ways there are to solve the riddle of storytelling, and increases your resolve to do battle again and again until you get it right.”
— Bob Baker, Deputy Metropolitan Editor, the Los Angeles Times and author, Newsthinking
“On the surface, the task of a journalist appears simple: Tell the truth in a compelling way that will hold the interest of readers. The pursuit of this goal is an art form perfected by the writers represented in this book. From crafting moving narratives to writing powerful investigative reports, this book offers insights and techniques from some of the best in the news business.”
— Melvin L. Claxton, reporter for the Detroit News and 1995 Pulitzer Prize–winner for Public Service Reporting
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