Feature Writing

1. Feature Writing

2. The Feature
Longer than the usual Hard News Story
Sometimes Appears in a Separate Section
Often written by more experienced reporters

3. General Types
of Feature
Human
Interest
Investigative
News

4. A “Detailed Piece” that gives a
topic in-depth coverage

5. Your Feature Must…
Be Informative
Be Accurate
Be Detailed

6. The Feature Writer Must Be…
Well Read
Willing to Do
Research Thorough

7. Feature Writing Tips

8. Be
Detailed
Explore all
Sources
Interview
Answer all
Questions
Include
the small
Things

9. A Feature is often intended to make the Reader
“Think”

11. Engage the Reader
With…
Descriptions
Compare/Contrast
Charts Graphs

12. Feature Writing
Vs
Hard News

13. Hard News:
Informs Features:
evoke emotion

14. Hard News: strictly
informational
Feature: reader
can be entertained

16. The Rules for Feature Writing
40% Time
Research to Find Story
Idea
40% Time
Doing
Interviews
and Reporting
20% of Time
Writing