Good Writing for Journalists

Angela Phillips runs all the print journalism programmes and the journalism MA. She launched EastLondonLines.co.uk a local, multi-media, news website that is run by Goldsmiths students and has a significant local audience. She has been a journalist for over thirty years, starting in the alternative press of the 1970s and moving on to work for national newspapers, magazines, television and radio (the BBC and independents). She trained initially as a photographer and worked for several years as a photojournalist before moving into print and online media. More recently, she has moved into the arena of journalism research, working with the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre. She is also the chair of the Ethics Committee of the Coordinating Committee for Media Reform and gave evidence to the Leveson enquiry into the press.

A well written, user friednyl book which will aid my students both in generic good writing skills and also subject specialism content.

• PART I: THINKING ABOUT WRITINGLet′s Hear It for Story TellersConstructing StoriesPART II: EXAMPLES OF GREAT WRITINGReportageGeneral News FeaturesTopical FeaturesInvestigative FeaturesProfiles and Celebrity InterviewsArts, Sports and MusicPersonal and Comment Columns