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Storytelling is at the heart of all good journalism. "Storytelling for Broadcast", a workshop led by broadcast journalism professor Marsha Barber at the upcoming CAJ conference, offers journalists specific tools to create compelling news features and documentaries. At the same time, one of the surest routes to becoming a better writer is to become a better reader - so you may want to check out some of our favourite stories.
Feature Writing
This page draws together resources and information supplied by the authors of The Bigger Picture, a textbook guide to writing feature stories edited by J-Source editor-in-chief Ivor Shapiro.You’ll find a variety of web-based resources to help both the new and not-so-new journalist perfect and reflect on their pitching, reporting, researching and writing. You’ll also find links to some classic and amazing feature stories. Many of these resources are referenced in The Bigger Picture and some short excerpts of the text are reproduced below (as noted), but content on this site is updated regularly so please let us know what else we might include.
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