This document provides information on writing feature stories. It defines a feature story as one written by a journalist on a topic of human interest that aims to entertain, inform, or educate readers in an interesting way. It discusses organizing a feature story with a title to grab attention, an introduction with background, a body with details in subsections, and a conclusion that leaves an impression. Different types of feature stories are also outlined such as human interest, profiles, how-to's, and trend stories. The document emphasizes including emotional, logical, and ethical appeals and details based on facts to fully engage readers.
News writing
Campus Journalism
Some of the slides are from the seminar I attended in Baguio. The lecturer was awesome! He is from Phil. Daily Inquirer.The other slides are from other sources.
News writing
Campus Journalism
Some of the slides are from the seminar I attended in Baguio. The lecturer was awesome! He is from Phil. Daily Inquirer.The other slides are from other sources.
On the first anniversary of 9/11, Philomena Mistrulli remembers her beloved husband, Joe, a carpenter, as one of the heroes who perished at the World Trade Center. Published in Newsday on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2002.
On the first anniversary of 9/11, Philomena Mistrulli remembers her beloved husband, Joe, a carpenter, as one of the heroes who perished at the World Trade Center. Published in Newsday on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2002.
ENG 102DiOrioNovember 1, 2014Profile AssignmentAssig.docxYASHU40
ENG 102
DiOrio
November 1, 2014
Profile Assignment
Assignment:
Write an essay of 3 pages about a classmate, introducing readers to specific beliefs and values that shape and influence their sbuject. Observe your subject closely, and then present what you have learned in a way that both informs and engages readers.
Due: Monday, November 17, 2014
Basic Information:
Magazines and newspapers are filled with profiles. Unlike conventional news stories, which report current events, profiles tell about people, places, and activities. Some profiles take us behind the scenes of familiar places, giving us a glimpse of their inner workings. Others introduce us to the exotic—peculiar hobbies, unusual professions, bizarre personalities. Still others probe the social, political, and moral significance of our institutions.
Profiles share many features with autobiography, such as narrative, anecdote, description, and dialogue. Yet profiles differ significantly from autobiography. Whereas an autobiographer reflects on a remembered personal experience, a profile writer synthesizes and presents newly acquired observations. In writing a profile, you practice the field research methods of interviewing and notetaking, commonly used by investigative reporters, social scientists, and naturalists. You also learn to analyze and synthesize the information you have collected.
A profile is a special kind of research project. Profiles always involve visits: meeting with a person or going to a place. Profile writers take notes from observations and interviews.
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Profile Essays:
· Are based on a writer’s newly acquired observations through interviews and notetaking.
· Introduce readers to specific insight to people.
· Provide information while at the same time arousing readers’ curiosity.
· Present scenes and people vividly and concretely through description, action, and dialogue.
· Reveal an attitude toward their subjects and offer—implicitly or explicitly—an interpretation of them.
· Create a dominant impression of the subject.
Purpose and Audience Considerations:
A profile writer’s primary purpose is to inform readers. Readers expect profiles to present information in an engaging way, however. Whether profiling people, places, or activities, the writer must meet these expectations. Although a reader might learn as much about a subject from an encyclopedia entry, reading the profile is sure to be more enjoyable.
Readers of profiles expect to be surprised by unusual subjects. If the subject is familiar, they expect it to be presented from an unusual perspective. When writing a profile, you will have an immediate advantage if your subject is a place, an activity, or a person that is likely to surprise and intrigue your readers. Even if your subject is very familiar, however, you can still engage your readers by presenting it in a way they had never before considered.
A profile writer has one further concern: to be sensitive to readers’ knowledge ...
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We all have good and bad thoughts from time to time and situation to situation. We are bombarded daily with spiraling thoughts(both negative and positive) creating all-consuming feel , making us difficult to manage with associated suffering. Good thoughts are like our Mob Signal (Positive thought) amidst noise(negative thought) in the atmosphere. Negative thoughts like noise outweigh positive thoughts. These thoughts often create unwanted confusion, trouble, stress and frustration in our mind as well as chaos in our physical world. Negative thoughts are also known as “distorted thinking”.
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Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
2. FEATURE STORY
Written by a journalist on a
varied subject of human
interest.
Provides the writer’s
interpretation of a story, wider
reader’s analysis of a certain
topic.
3. FEATURE STORY
Written to entertain, inform or
educate in a light, interesting or
entertaining way that turns a
dry material into a more reliable
piece; without sacrificing the
message to be communicated.
Not time based, but timeless.
4. FEATURE STORY
IMPORTANT:
It is far different from the other
categories because of its
technicalities.
“Kumakagat ba ng damdamin
ang article mo?”
5. Feature Article takes a specific
format.
ORGANIZING FEATURE STORY
• TITLE – highlights the
general topic of the story.
- grabs the readers’
attention quickly to
keep them reading.
6. ORGANIZING FEATURE STORY
• INTRODUCTION – provides
any background information
relevant to the story, and
creates a relationship
between the writer and the
reader. Tone of the article is
also set in the introduction.
7. ORGANIZING FEATURE STORY
IMPORTANT REMINDERS!
Do not give all. Make it
suspense, for you to have
something to reveal at the end.
INTRO only gives a grasp of
your article.
8. ORGANIZING FEATURE STORY
• BODY – has most of the
details of the story.
- usually broken into
pieces with
subheadings for easy
organization.
9. ORGANIZING FEATURE STORY
IMPORTANT REMINDERS!
It should have the background information to
make the readers up to date.
It should have the thread of the story to make
its parts connected from the beginning up to
the end.
It should have the persona, the dialogue,
which may be used to keep the story moving
and the voice, which can be used in injecting
color, tone and emotion to the story.
10. ORGANIZING FEATURE STORY
• CONCLUSION – leaves a
lasting impression on the
reader and provokes some
sort of reaction.
11. Your feature should have:
-Logical Appeal (Logos)—Does the
author’s proposal make sense?
-Ethical Appeal (Ethos)– Is the author’s
proposal the right thing to do?
-Emotional Appeal (Pathos)—Will
accepting the author’s proposal make me
feel better?
17. FOUNDATIONS
IN FEATURE WRITING
• Experience
• Imagination
REMEMBER!
A feature writer should have the
power to connect especially of the
story out of the picture. He should
be FREE.
18. TYPES OF FEATURE STORIES
HUMAN INTEREST – issues
that impact people.
PROFILE – focuses on a
specific individual’s
character or lifestyle.
INSTRUCTIONAL – How-to-
feature.
19. TYPES OF FEATURE STORIES
NEWS FEATURE – focuses on
a topic of interest in the news.
INFORMATIVE FEATURES–
written to provide the reader
with knowledge that is
necessary to do a task or
even to avoid danger.
20. TYPES OF FEATURE STORIES
INTERPRETATIVE FEATURES
– deal with social, economic,
political, health, everyday life
problem.
TREND STORIES – take the
pulse of the culture at the
moment.
21. TYPES OF FEATURE STORIES
LIVE-IN FEATURE – an in-
depth, often magazine-length
article that paints a picture of a
particular place and the people
who work or live there.
PERSONAL ACCOUNT/
ACCOMPLISHMENT– deals with an unusual
experience or accomplishment of a person.
22. TYPES OF FEATURE STORIES
SEASONAL FEATURE – story
that has relevance to the
season or festival the people
celebrate.
INTERVIEW– obtains
observation about an issue that
a person is knowledgeable
about.
23. REMINDERS:
FEATURE stories are windows to the
human experience.
These are deeper than usual articles.
Each focuses on an event or individual,
giving the reader a chance to fully
understand some interesting dimension
of that subject.
24. REMINDERS:
Details should be based on the facts.
These would serve as your backbone in
your article.
It should have the emotional appeal.
(Holding Power)
This must be considered, so the
readers would remain connected to
the story, and would not be lost.
LENGTH is not a requirement.
25. A creative
REMINDERS:
Consider the MECHANICS.
Build a creative concept with unique
styles and techniques.
Consider strong titles. Write powerful
beginning and ending.
Social relevance.
Do not forget CITATION and
ATTRIBUTION.
26. FEATURE PAGE
Original articles
Pictures of good quality
Localized topics (Original)
Good School Paper Layout
Variation of stories
