Table of Contents

I: On the Path to Becoming a Freelance Writer
II: On Defining a Newspaper Feature: Dog Bites Man - Dog Dies
III: Writing the Newspaper Feature
IV: Writing Investigative and Survey Features
V: Magazine Writing and the Reader Interest Plane
VI: Commentary: Editorials, Columns, Essays, Reviews
VII: The Art of Writing - The Echo of Words
VIII: The Art of Interviewing - The Only Wheel in Town
IX: The Search for Information
X: Focusing, Outlining - Pulling It All Together
XI: To Market, To Market - The Business Side of Freelancing, Part I
XII: Home Again, Home Again - The Business Side of Freelancing, Part II
Appendices

About the Author

Earl R. Hutchison is Professor and Director of the Communication Program at Tennessee Technological University. He brings a diverse professional and academic career to his writing. He was, for example, an arc welder for General Motors, and he also ran a cattle farm for ten years. After serving five years in three infantry divisions (30th, 24th, and 82nd) as a rifleman, platoon leader, and jumpmaster, he earned degrees leading to a Ph.D. at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has also been an assistant editor on a weekly newspaper, an assistant editor on a small daily
newspaper, and a general assignment reporter on a large daily newspaper. He is the author of Writing for Mass Communication, Second Edition; Tropic of Cancer on Trial: A Case History of Censorship; and coeditor of Mass Media and the Law: Freedom & Restraint. His television play, TKO, was produced by CBS. More than 3,000 of his news stories, features, reviews, and articles have appeared in newspapers and magazines.