本教材聚焦英语特写采访与写作这一专业领域，系统性涵盖英语特写采访与写作的基本要点，并着重探索如何应对在中文环境下针对国际受众进行特写报道的挑战。本教材结合大量特写报道采写实例，在中国对外传播的框架下就该领域的基本知识点和技能点展开详细讨论，以期解决学习者和从业者在英语特写采访与写作中遇到的常见问题。本教材语言为英语，旨在帮助新闻学本科高年级学生和研究生进行系统学习，也可为英语新闻从业者提供专业参考。

林岩，女，上海外国语大学新闻传播学院讲师，国际关系博士，担任新闻专业主任。教授“英语特写采访与写作”课程20年，主要研究领域包括国际新闻报道实务、新闻法、新闻伦理。

Chapter 1 What Makes A Feature Story
1.1 Defining feature writing
1.2 Writing for the international market
1.3 The English-speaking reader
1.4 Long-form articles in digital age
Chapter 2 Story Ideas
2.1 What makes a good story idea
2.2 Where to find story ideas
2.3 Giving shape to story ideas
Chapter 3 Researching For Feature Stories
3.1 Research shows
3.2 Starting with a plan
3.3 The first place to look
3.4 Survey, study findings, and press conferences
3.5 Libraries and reference books
3.6 The Internet
3.7 Observation
3.8 Keeping a beat memo
Chapter 4 Interviewing For Feature Stories
4.1 Preparing for the interview
4.2 Conducting the personal interview
4.3 After the interview
Chapter 5 Writing the Feature Lead
5.1 Opening with an example
5.2 Providing facts
5.3 Continuing to build
5.4 Keeping it simple
5.5 Capturing the reader's attention
Chapter 6 Organizing The Feature Story
6.1 Sorting out the materials
6.2 Writing the headline
6.3 The lead-nut graf-context paragraph opening
6.4 Story structures
6.5 Essential ingredients
Chapter 7 Profiles
7.1 The newsmaker approach
7.2 The microcosm approach
7.3 The personality approach
7.4 The celebrity approach
Chapter 8 Travel Stories
8.1 Destination story
8.2 The industry story
8.3 The listing story
8.4 Summary
Chapter 9 Reviews
9.1 Movie reviews
9.2 Art reviews
9.3 Food reviews
Chapter 10 Writing Feature Stories on Suburban Shanghai
10.1 The so-what question revisited
10.2 A new rural reality
10.3 The last note
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