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    This document discusses the differences between feature writing and hard news reporting. [1] Feature writing is intended to evoke emotion in readers by telling stories in a narrative format, while hard news immediately informs readers of outcomes. [2] For feature writing, reporters should spend 40% of their time researching story ideas and doing interviews and reporting to gather details, with only 20% spent on writing. [3] Gathering abundant details through in-person interviews and observations allows writers to show rather than tell stories and draw readers in.

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    This document discusses the differences between feature writing and hard news reporting. [1] Feature writing is intended to evoke emotion in readers by telling stories in a narrative format, while hard news immediately informs readers of outcomes. [2] For feature writing, reporters should spend 40% of their time researching story ideas and doing interviews and reporting to gather details, with only 20% spent on writing. [3] Gathering abundant details through in-person interviews and observations allows writers to show rather than tell stories and draw readers in.

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    Feature Writing PowerPoint Day 1

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    This document discusses the differences between feature writing and hard news reporting. [1] Feature writing is intended to evoke emotion in readers by telling stories in a narrative format, while hard news immediately informs readers of outcomes. [2] For feature writing, reporters should spend 40% of their time researching story ideas and doing interviews and reporting to gather details, with only 20% spent on writing. [3] Gathering abundant details through in-person interviews and observations allows writers to show rather than tell stories and draw readers in.

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    Feature Writing

    Because all business is no fun!


    FEATURE WRITING VS. HARD OR STRAIGHT NEWS
    The primary differences between featuring writing and hard news

    The purpose of the stories as determined by the writer

    Hard news - intended to inform

    Featuring writing - intended to evoke emotion

    The reaction to the stories as determined by the reader

    Hard news - immediately know the outcome; reader is informed

    Feature writing - written in the narrative; reader is entertained


    FEATURE WRITING
    Reporting is still crucial

    Reporting is THE FOUNDATION of all great features

    Reporting provides the tools that a journalist needs to build a feature


    story

    REPORTING = Interviewing, research, observation


    THE RULE FOR FEATURE WRITING:

    40% OF THEIR TIME 40% OF THEIR TIME


    DOING RESEARCH DOING
    TO FIND THE INTERVIEWS AND 20% OF
    STORY IDEA REPORTING THEIR
    TIME
    WRITING
    SO, WHAT DO I DO DIFFERENTLY:
    Details are fundamental

    They help capture a reader’s attention

    They draw the reader into the story

    THEY ALLOW WRITERS TO SHOW NOT TELL


    HOW DO I GET THE DETAILS?
    Interview in person so you can observe the person in their own
    environment with their own things

    Gather more details than necessary

    Record EVERYTHING

    Shoot photos

    Ask a lot of questions

    Take a lot of notes


    ALL OF THIS WILL HELP YOU DEVELOP THE THEME

    Once you’ve completed research and reporting, figure out what it


    all means by asking:

    WHAT IS THE STORY REALLY ABOUT???

    This is the most critical but often overlooked step

    Develop your focus statement and write toward that focus


    statement
    Feature Writing
    Because all business is no fun!

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