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Specialized Writing and Reporting: Literary Journalism

Comm177F/277F - 5 units Winter Quarter 2008	Instructor: Jim Bettinger Stanford University

Literary Journalism Winter 2008
Communication 177F/277F

MWF 10 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.
McClatchy Hall Room 410

Jim Bettinger
jimb@stanford.edu

McClatchy Hall, Room 428

725-1189 (office)

323-7027 (home)

Office hours: MW 1 p.m. – 2 p.m.

Course email list:
lit-journalism@lists

Course Texts:

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“Writing: Love it or Leave It,” by Henry Allen. Journal of the Michigan Fellows. Fall/winter 1993

“The Boy Behind the Mask, Part 1-4” by Tom Hallman, Jr. in 2001 Best Newspaper Writing (pp. 3-51)

“A conversation with Tom Hallman Jr.,” in 2001 Best Newspaper Writing, pp. 54-67

“Two Soldiers,” by Dan Baum, The New Yorker, August 9 & 16, 2004

“Details, details,” by Brad Reagan. American Journalism Review, January/February 2000. Pp. 51-55

“The Line Between Fact and Fiction,” by Roy Peter Clark, Jan. 24, 2002, Poynteronline

“‘Please give me an example’ and other tips for great interviews,” by Tom Peters. San Jose Mercury News, Sept. 12, 1994

“Getting the measure of a soul on deadline,” by Louise Reid Ritchie

“Interviews with the Interviewers,” by Lori Luechtefeld, Jan/Feb 2003, March-April 2003, May/June 2003, IRE Journal

“The natural who self-destructed,” by Amy Ellis Nutt, in Best Newspaper Writing 2004.

“Actor without Mask or Mirror,” by Robin Finn. New York Times, May 3, 2002

“The Journalist and the Murder,” by Janet Malcolm. pp. 3-5 and “Afterword,” pp. 147-163

“A Round-the-clock Race to Rescue the Rach,” by David Stabler, Oct. 6, 2004, Portland Oregonian

“The Legend on the License,” by John Hersey, pp. 1-25, Autumn 1980, Yale Review

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Specialized Writing and Reporting: Literary Journalism

Specialized Writing and Reporting:
Literary Journalism