Writing news features
After the struggles and justifications of interpretive journalism, working out the requirements for a news feature article seems to be easy. For many it is, for others the ease is a cruel deception. Too many reporters who are asked to expand their news reports into feature material consider it as...
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2008
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/80177 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/1328 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Summary: | After the struggles and justifications of interpretive journalism, working out the
requirements for a news feature article seems to be easy. For many it is, for others the
ease is a cruel deception. Too many reporters who are asked to expand their news reports
into feature material consider it as just that, a simple, uncomplicated expansion. That is
not what a feature is, and that is why feature writing seems to be confined to a few
people on every staff. I would be surprised if the situation is different in Southeast Asia.
It shouldn't be a surprise to find that most reporters like most to report. They
thrive on the pressure of gathering and writing the elements of a report to a tight
deadline. Give them more time to gather more material for a backgrounding article and
they are lost. They either can't or won't do it, or they have to rethink the whole purpose
of their journalism. |
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