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Joel Becker

Joel Becker reviews ‘Writing Feature Stories: How to research and write newspaper and magazine articles’ by Matthew Ricketson

June-July 2004, no. 262 01 June 2004
All too often, so-called manuals for screenwriters, novelists and poets begin by letting the reader know how unlikely it is that they will ever get published, let alone make a living. Fortunately, journalist and RMIT journalism lecturer Matthew Ricketson avoids this private-club view of the journalism profession. He points out that there are about 370 newspapers, ranging from dailies and suburban ... (read more)