It happened to me: How to write first-person journalism

Once dismissed as not 'real' journalism, first-person writing is now recognized as a powerful form of storytelling one that can entertain, move and inform readers, changing not only hearts and minds, but public policy too. Now a dominant feature of modern journalism, it is found in many different formats from features and regular columns to hard-hitting comment pieces and is used to shed light on many different subjects, from family life, to love, health and politics.