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!
 
 
 

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