Magazine Journalism

Harvard FAS

This course will focus on longform journalism published in magazines. We will read and analyze published magazine pieces, including profiles, investigative pieces and other features. Our reading list will be drawn from magazines large (Harper’s, The New Yorker) and small (n+1). We will discuss both the process of writing such pieces—pitching, researching, reporting, drafting, and editing—and the techniques required to write informative, engaging, elegant magazine journalism. In addition to…