1. Feature Article

2. Feature article vs. News article
Tells a story about people, places, or events related to the news.
Include colorful details to make the reader feel like an on-the-scene observer.
Subjective – from your own point of view
Try to entertain or persuade as well as inform the reader.
News Article
Objective and entirely factual

4. Conventions of feature articles
Need a strong lead. A headline or a photograph may help. Possible leads:
startle and shock your audience
Excite readers’ curiosity
Vividly describe a real or imagined scenario
Succinctly state the nature of the story.
Body
Logical sequence
Ends with a strong and memorable close.
Reading other features is a good way to pick up possible story ideas.