Do read this piece in today’s New York Times: Another example of a neighborhood feature story:
Author Archives: Roz Bernstein
NYT NY Region: For Penn Station Diners, Nowhere to Go but Up
A New York City feature story in today’s NYT (9/2/14), “For Penn Station Diners, Nowhere to Go but Up.”
Please read carefully:
1. Note reporting: Who is interviewed? What different points-of-view are expressed?
2. Visual Writing: Use of description
3. Use of anecdotes
3. Background research
Here is New York (E.B. White)
Dear Feature Writers:
Please publish your post on Here is New York and also make sure that you check off the category: Here is New York.
Prof. B.
E.B. White Reading (Question)
Question:
E. B. White’s Here is New York was published in 1949. How has it dated? How would you update the book if you were writing Here is New York in 2014?