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! |