This journalism lecture focuses on the basics of feature writing.

EXAMPLE ARTICLES CITED IN PRESENTATION:

Billboard: "War on Piracy Continues In China" http://books.google.com/books?id=xQcE...

Billboard: "Gump Soundtrack Does Double Duty" https://books.google.com/books?id=Ugg...

EXAMPLES OF STRONG FEATURE ARTICLES:

PERSONALITY PROFILES

Oxford American "Fog Count" http://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazin...

Vanity Fair magazine "Leveraging the Stars" http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/0...

Time magazine “In Search of the Real Bill Gates” http://content.time.com/time/magazine...

The Washington Post "What Makes Andy Dick Tick?" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/...

HUMAN INTEREST STORIES

CBS News “Crash Survivor Relives Escape” http://www.cbsnews.com/news/crashsur...

BBC News “The Hitmen Who Stalk Russia” http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/480...

TREND STORIES

News.com “Video Site Buying Spree in the Offing?” http://news.cnet.com/Videositebuyin...

ANALYSIS

The Washington Post “Hastert Learned from Wrestling” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/...

The New York Times "In City's World of Real Estate, Outsiders Get Cold Shoulder" http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/03/nyr...