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Feature Writing DSPC Level

This document provides guidance on writing feature stories for newspapers. It discusses that feature stories are the heart and emotional core of newspapers, containing factual and verifiable information presented in a creative style. It recommends including colorful details about people to make the stories entertaining and informative. The document also provides tips on using an engaging structure, focusing on human interest through first-person accounts, and tempering flowery language. It concludes by suggesting possible topics for student contests on subjects like family, neighborhoods, and influences in life.

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Feature Writing DSPC Level

This document provides guidance on writing feature stories for newspapers. It discusses that feature stories are the heart and emotional core of newspapers, containing factual and verifiable information presented in a creative style. It recommends including colorful details about people to make the stories entertaining and informative. The document also provides tips on using an engaging structure, focusing on human interest through first-person accounts, and tempering flowery language. It concludes by suggesting possible topics for student contests on subjects like family, neighborhoods, and influences in life.

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FEATURE

WRITING
[Reporting
from/for the Heart]
by Ben G. Domingo Jr.
Chairperson, Technical Committee for Journalism
Commission on Higher Education
The Feature Story
1. Newspaper’s heart, emotional core and
humanizing element

2. Factual and verifiable, not fiction

3. Creative in style and presentation, but never


in the materials/information used

4. Learned early in school [in Grades 3 or 4]


Content
1. Anything and everything
2. Facts
3. Colorful, heartfelt situations
4. Fine details
5. People, talking people
6. News value/peg
Elements
1. Human Interest
2. Timelessness / Non-perishability
3. Atmosphere and Mood
4. Entertaining Nature
5. Creativity
6. Informativeness
7. Communicability
8. Objectivity
Language
1. Light
2. Almost conversational
3. Somewhat creative
Purpose
1. Writing [from and] for the heart
2. Writing to inform
3. Writing to inspire
4. Writing to make people act
5. Writing to entertain
Structure
1. Varied
2. Seriffed ‘I’ is often preferred
a. short catchy title
b. ensnaring opening statement
c. body full of colorful, heartfelt,
detailed information
d. impactful final line/statement
e. engaging presentation thread
Types
1. News Feature / Featurized News
2. Personality/Activity/Project Sketch
3. Travel/Tourism/Vacation Stories
4. Historical Highlights/Sidelights
5. Seasonal / Holiday stories
6. First person accounts
7. How-to-articles
8. Heart-tuggers
9. Anecdotes
10. Reviews
11. Diaries
12. Trivia
Other Reminders
1. Be different.
[Don’t be just like everybody else.]
2. People your story; let them breathe.
3. Temper your modifiers. Avoid using flowery
language.
4. Show, don’t merely tell.
5. Don’t editorialize.
6. Don’t moralize.
7. For first person perspective, avoid shifting the
reader’s attention from the subject to the
reporter/writer.
Contest Particulars
1. Subject/Topic:
For HS: “____________________________”
For ES: “____________________________”

2. Length:
HS: minimum of eight [9] paragraphs
ES: minimum of five [6] paragraphs

3. Time Allotment:
maximum of one [1] hour
Possible Subjects/Topics
 ES: My Favorite Nursery Rhyme/Song
 ES: My First Cooking Adventure
 ES: Discovering Nature
 ES: My Mother’s First Aid Kit
 HS: Music in/and my Family
 HS: Food in/and my Family
 HS: My Neighborhood
 HS: Biggest Influence in my Life

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