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LU 3 WRITING THE FEATURE Pg 73 In this L U How to write a feature article Different styles of writing a feature Introduction types and how to write Body Conclusion Introduction Feature articles ID: 149077

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MAGAZINE AND FEATURE WRITING

LU 3

:

WRITING THE FEATURESlide2

Pg. 73In this LU:

How to write a feature article:

Different styles of writing a feature

Introduction: types and how to write

Body

ConclusionSlide3

IntroductionFeature articles

= news with human interest quality

allows

the writer to tell a story in a more traditional, narrative way.

Think about: what draws

the reader into the story, to make them want to read moreSlide4

Still incorporate aspects learnt in Newswriting 1: newsworthy, accuracy, attribution, clarity etc.

Magazine articles

can be divided into three basic components:

A

beginning (the introduction or lead);

A middle (the body or development of the point made in the intro);

An

ending (the conclusion).Slide5

In a feature:

1.

Setting a Scene, Painting a Picture

Features often

begin by setting a scene or painting a picture - in words - of a person or

place.

Readers are drawn

into the story

through

descriptive passagesSlide6

Example by Andrea Elliott of The New York Times

The young Egyptian professional could pass for any New York bachelor.

Dressed in a crisp polo shirt and swathed in cologne, he races his Nissan Maxima through the rain-slicked streets of Manhattan, late for a date with a tall brunette. At red lights, he fusses with his hair.

What sets the bachelor apart from other young men on the make is the chaperon sitting next to him -- a tall, bearded man in a white robe and stiff embroidered hat. Slide7

2

.

Use An Anecdote

Another way to begin a feature article is to tell a story or an

anecdote

Anecdote – interesting story about REAL person or event Slide8

Example by Edward Wong of The New York Times' Beijing bureau:

BEIJING — The first sign of trouble was powder in the baby’s urine. Then there was blood. By the time the parents took their son to the hospital, he had no urine at all.

Kidney stones were the problem, doctors told the parents. The baby died on May 1 in the hospital, just two weeks after the first symptoms appeared. His name was Yi

Kaixuan

. He was 6 months old.

The parents filed a lawsuit on Monday in the arid northwest province of Gansu, where the family lives, asking for compensation from

Sanlu

Group, the maker of the powdered baby formula that

Kaixuan

had been drinking. It seemed like a clear-cut liability case; since last month,

Sanlu

has been at the

center

of China’s biggest contaminated food crisis in years. But as in two other courts dealing with related lawsuits, judges have so far declined to hear the case. Slide9

3

.

Taking Time to Tell the Story

F

eature in

newspaper articles generally employ two to four paragraphs to set a scene or convey an anecdote (magazine articles can take much longer.)

Even

a feature story has to get to the point.Slide10

4.

Nut graph

where the feature writer lays out for the reader exactly what the story is all about.

usually

follows the first few paragraphs of the scene-setting or story-telling the writer has done.

can

be a single paragraph or more.Slide11

The young Egyptian professional could pass for any New York bachelor.

Dressed in a crisp polo shirt and swathed in cologne, he races his Nissan Maxima through the rain-slicked streets of Manhattan, late for a date with a tall brunette. At red lights, he fusses with his hair.

What sets the bachelor apart from other young men on the make is the chaperon sitting next to him -- a tall, bearded man in a white robe and stiff embroidered hat.

"I pray that Allah will bring this couple together," the man, Sheik

Reda

Shata

, says, clutching his seat belt and urging the bachelor to slow down.

Christian singles have coffee hour. Young Jews have

JDate

. But many Muslims believe that it is forbidden for an unmarried man and woman to meet in private. In predominantly Muslim countries, the job of making introductions and even arranging marriages typically falls to a vast network of family and friends.

In Brooklyn, there is

Mr.

Shata

.

Week after week, Muslims embark on dates with him in tow.

Mr.

Shata

, the imam of a Bay Ridge mosque, juggles some 550 "marriage candidates," from a gold-toothed electrician to a professor at Columbia University. The meetings often unfold on the green velour couch of his office, or over a meal at his

favorite

Yemeni restaurant on Atlantic Avenue.

So now we know – this is the story of a Brooklyn imam who helps bring young Muslim couples together for marriage. Elliott could just as easily have written the story with a hard-news

lede

something like this:

An imam based in Brooklyn says he works as a chaperon with hundreds of young Muslims in an effort to bring them together for marriage.Slide12
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DIFFERENT STYLES OF FEATURE WRITING – Pg. 101

1. WALL STREET JOURNAL STRUCTURE

I

s

the most commonly used method of writing

feature stories

. This method consist of four basic sections.

1

. FOCUS ON THE INDIVIDUAL

:

Human interest angle, relates to topic, introduce a person.

2

. THE TRANSITION

:

SO WHAT? paragraph: follows

the

intro and

generally explains

it = go to the larger story

3. THE LARGER ISSUE

Is the body

of the story is supporting information (quotes, facts, developments)

4. CONCLUSION

End the story: STRONG FINISH. An anecdotal

or description of the people/person featured in the storySlide15

2. CHAMPAGNE GLASS STRUCTURE

Adds sparkle to inverted pyramid Slide16
Slide17

3. THE NARRATIVE

Tell a story

Chronological – explain events from beginning to end

Intro – needs attract reader

Body – info arranged in sequence

Ending – understanding Slide18

4. EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTSlide19

5. ANECDOTAL FEATURES

Focus: theme of the feature

Intro: Start with anecdote

Body: Blend facts, quotes, anecdotes

ANECDOTES AND QUOTES HAVE TO BE RELEVANT TO THE THEMESlide20

6. SUSPENDED INTEREST FEATURES

Delayed the point of the story

As the reader reads your work questions will be raised

Maintain the readers interest till the puzzle is solved.Slide21

7. QUESTION AND ANSWER

Used for interviews

Intro: set the scene, start the story

Body: Your question and the interviewee’s answer and pattern goes on.

Unfiltered view of the interviewee Slide22