A feature article is an article in a newspaper, a magazine, or a news website that is not meant to report breaking news, but to take an in-depth look at a subject. While there are no precise guidelines on the differentiation between features and news stories, features are often significantly longer than news articles, are more likely to be written from a personal perspective, and unlike news stories do not always deal with the events of the immediate past. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The first set of news sites emerged when brick-and-mortar news providers moved their content online. ... For other uses, see Breaking news (disambiguation). ...

Features are written in a less urgent fashion than news stories, sometimes taking several paragraphs to arrive at the main story while trying to engage the reader and keep them reading by employing narrative hooks.^[1] Feature stories often delve deeper into their subjects, expanding on the details rather than trying to concentrate on a few important key points. The writing style of the articles can be more colorful and employ a more complex narrative structure, sometimes resembling the style of a nonfiction book more than a news report. A narrative hook (or hook) is a literary technique in the opening of a story that hooks the readers attention so that he will read on. ... Narrative structure is generally described as the structural framework that underlies the order and manner in which a narrative is presented to a reader, listener, or viewer. ...

As the print media faces ever stiffer competition from other sources of news, feature stories are becoming more common as they can be more engaging to read. At many newspapers, news stories are sometimes written in "feature style," adopting some of the conventions of feature writing while still covering breaking events. Wire services such as the Associated Press, which previously made a point of distributing only news, now also include feature stories. The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...

The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing is awarded annually for a distinguished example of feature writing in an American newspaper or magazine, giving prime consideration to high literary quality and originality. The Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing has been awarded since 1979 for a distinguished example of feature writing giving prime consideration to high literary quality and originality. ...

References

1. ^ Bangkok Post. Teaching feature stories. Retrieved on September 6, [[2006]].

Feature articles are used in classrooms today. The classrooms are mainly journalism classes and/or News Introduction classes. These type of stories help students create their own types of stories and also enlighten themselves about a certain topic. The Bangkok Post is a broadsheet English-language daily newspaper published in Bangkok, Thailand. ... is the 249th day of the year (250th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Poynter Online: The Feature Creature

See also

• Radio documentary
• Article (publishing)