Artful Journalism: Essays in the Craft and Magic of True Storytelling - Softcover

Harrington, Walt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996490116 ISBN 13: 9780996490115

Publisher: Sager Group, The, 2015

Synopsis

“If you aspire to do artful journalism, everything you need to know is in this book.”—Jon Franklin, two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, journalism professor emeritus, University of Maryland, author of Writing for Story

Artful Journalism is a must-read for journalism professors and students, working professionals who want to enhance their storytelling skills, readers, and literary journalism scholars who understand the immutable place of “truth” in even the most artful examples of journalism.

For four decades, Walt Harrington has done memorable stories and books that are still studied and admired by those who pursue the kind of journalism that aims to engage the heart as well as the mind. A longtime Washington Post Magazine writer who became a journalism professor at the University of Illinois, Harrington has been a leading voice in the field of long-form storytelling. Artful Journalism collects for the first time his insightful and evocative essays that have inspired and informed several generations of writers who aspire to do journalism-- that captures the feeling of literature while adhering to traditional journalistic standards of fairness, balance, and accuracy.

Artful Journalism also includes essays by two of America’s prominent young journalists, Wright Thompson and Justin Heckert, whose work has been inspired and shaped by Harrington’s principles.

“For years, I've been marveling at Walt Harrington's work and wondering how he did it. After reading Artful Journalism, I have my answer. Not only is Walt a brilliant writer, he's a true master of the craft.”—David Finkel, Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Award winner, author of The Good Soldiers

“Harrington’s essays are as practical as they are artful. He reminds us why we write, and why it matters.”—Joe Mackall, director, Ashland University creative writing program, author of Plain Secrets: An Outsider Among the Amish

About this title

About the Author

Walt Harrington, a former long-time staff writer for the Washington Post Magazine, is the author or editor of eight books and the winner of numerous print and broadcast journalism awards, including the Gustavus Myers Center Award for the Study of Human Rights in the United States for his book Crossings: A White Man’s Journey Into Black America. His book, The Everlasting Stream: A True Story of Rabbits, Guns, Friendship, and Family, was made into an Emmy Award-winning documentary broadcast by PBS. His book, Intimate Journalism: The Art and Craft of Reporting Everyday Life, has been widely used in journalism writing classes nationwide. He is a journalism professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. An archive of student work published from his feature writing classes is at www.intimatejournalism.com. His professional website is at www.waltharrington.com.

Review

"Good writers bring us inside ordinary life and allow us to share those lives. This is not easy. Walt Harrington in Artful Journalism reveals a career's worth of lessons on how to do it and why literary journalism itself matters." Norman Sims, president, International Association for Literary Journalism Studies; journalism professor emeritus, University of Massachusetts "Can a book about writing be a page turner? Definitely-if the writer is Walt Harrington. The essays collected in Artful Journalism make you want to keep reading. Even better, they make you want to write." Leslie Rubinkowski, director, Goucher College's MFA program in Creative Nonfction "There are few greater mentors than Walt Harrington, which is why I think this book is such a valuable addition to every journalist's tool box." Wright Thompson, senior writer, ESPN The Magazine

Edition details

• Publisher: Sager Group, The
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0996490116
• ISBN 13: 9780996490115
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 198