Features
Features |
stories that interest people |
entertaining and informing |
can help keep things in perspective or add depth or analysis |
most news stories contain the ingredients for a feature story |
features can be hard or soft news |
What makes for a good feature story? |
ability to find a fresh perspective (a point of view) |
getting behind the facts to find something powerful |
adding historical, cultural perspective |
stressing the "why" and its consequences |
tells a STORY (narrative structure) |
emotional and personal |
the reporter is not the story! |