Friday, 12 March 2010

Journalistic Style of a Feature Article

For this part of my research I looked on Wikipedia and searched 'Journalistic Style of a Feature Article'
This is what came up;


News stories aren't the only type of material that appear in newspapers and magazines. Longer articles, such as magazine cover articles and the pieces that lead the inside sections of a newspaper, are known as features. Feature stories differ from straight news in several ways. Foremost is the absence of a straight-news lead, most of the time. Instead of offering the essence of a story up front, feature writers may attempt to lure readers in.


While straight news stories always stay in third person point of view, it's not uncommon for a feature article to slip into first person. The journalist will often detail his or her interactions with interview subjects, making the piece more personal.


I also looked on this website : http://resourcesforwriters.suite101.com/article.cfm/journalistic_style
Which gives tips on how to write like a journalist which were;



Journalism Style - What is Journalistic Style?

All that can be said is that style is the manner in which a writer expresses his or her individuality. There are no rules, like those of grammar which, if faithfully followed, will give you an individual style. Your style will evolve out of the words you choose and the manner in which they are arranged.

Journalism Style - A Good Writing Style

Like music, where a particular arrangement of notes can produce a beautiful melody, the way a writer arranges words can produce a fine style. Take the same notes, arrange them in a different way, and the result may be be discord. Similarly, rearrange the words of a fine sentence or passage and style will vanish.


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