Journalism professor offers ideas on getting published

     Want to get published? Campbell’s Michael Ray Smith may have some ideas for you.
     Christian Radio Station WCLN’s Dan Debruber will interview Smith live Wednesday, August 17, at 10:30 a.m. at WCLN 107.3 FM in Fayetteville, N.C. Smith, who is chairman of Campbell University’s Department of Mass Communication, will talk about his new book, “Feature Writing. Net.”
     “The novelty of the FeatureWriting.Net approach is that it shows the writer ways to parlay the Internet into articles,” Smith said. “The Web is no substitute for field reporting’s old-fashioned pad and lead pencil method, but it can put the tools of the pros into a writer’s hands to give you a season pass into the competitive world of writing.”
     In addition, Smith will lead a mini-writer’s workshop, Friday, September 2, at 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 121 Glensford Road in Fayetteville near Cross Creek Mall. Following the workshop, he will sign copies of his new book, “Feature Writing.Net.” A total of 200 copies of the book have already been sold to World Journalism Institute, a nonprofit journalism training program. Another 100 copies have been requested by the Baptist Press national news service.
     Smith is an award-winning writer, photojournalist, academic and conference speaker. FeatureWriting.Net is his fourth book. Smith is also the author of 3,000 articles for newspapers and magazines. He leads writing workshops across the nation. His Web site is featurewriting.net. For more information, contact Barnes & Noble community relations manager Frank Davis at (910) 864-2896.


Photo Copy: Dr. Michael Ray Smith, chairman of Campbell University’s Department of Mass Communication, signs a copy of his book for Kevin Han  of Syracuse University.
 

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