A feature story is a factual story that is not hard news but is instead a more personal report about a person, event, or aspect of a major event. They typically appear as articles in newspapers, magazines, and other publications, but they are also frequently featured in other media, such as TV, radio, and podcasts. There are many types of feature stories. For example, they are profile feature, human interest feautre, explanatory feautre, adventure feautre how-to-do-it feature, trend or lifestyle feautre, occupation or hobby feature, seasonal feature, and a historical feature.
Below you can find examples of these differnet types of feature stories.
Profile Feature Example This profile feature was published in the New York Times on Jan 6, 2023. Its about a young African woman named Eugenia Karbo who became Freetowns (which is the capital of Sierra Leone) frist chief heat officer. This job was created in 2021, and its purpose is to help Freetown deal with rising temperatures and other climate change based problems.
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Human Interest Feature
This human interest feature was published in People Magazine on Jan 23, 2023. Jermey Joslin was an employee at Google until the company's parent company Alphabet Inc. cut more than 10,000 jobs. When Mr. Joslin tweeted about being laid-off, it went viral. His tweet gained 42,000 likes as well as 6 million views.
Also, Google is not the only company that is currently laying off its workers. Other big tech companis such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta are also laying off workers in the thousands.
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This is a lifestyle feature that was published in People Magaizne on Jan 24, 2023. Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Proflowers, which is a flower delivery service, is offering a huge Valentine's Day collection that contains bouquets and chocolate goodies.
Here are two of the many top deals of bouquet and chocolates offered by Proflowers:
Pink Champagne Rose Bouquet ($55)
Be Mine Belgian Chocolate-Covered Strawberries, ($40-$55)
Also, if you want a discounted price for any Proflower order, just use this code BLOOMS20 from Peoples Magazine. This code will save you 20 percent off your order.
Historical Feature
This is a historical feature that was published in the New York Times on Jan 24, 2023. In the summer of 2022, FBI agents searched through Mar-a-Largo, which is the resdience of former U.S. president Donald Trump, for classified government documents. Mar-a-Largo is located in Palm Beach, Florida. In January of 2023, classified government documents were found at current President Joe Biden's private home. Donald Trump is getting more scrutiny for keeping those documents compared to President Biden because
This is an explanatory feature that was published in The Post and Courier on Jan 18, 2023. Alex Murdaugh, a South Carolina attorney is accused of murdering his own wife and son. This trial is taking place in Walterboro, SC. Since this city has been trying to make a mark on itself for the lognest time, some of Walterboro's residents believe that this trial, in an ironic way, is actually doing some good for Walterboro. But other residents believe that this trial will be turned into a party rather than a devastating situation since tourist from around the state will want to see the trial.
How-To-Do-It Feature
This is a how-to-do-it feature that was published in Better Homes and Garden on Jan 18, 2023. Since Valentines Day is only a few weeks away, this magzine is offering its readers insturctions to make 29 homemade Valentine Cards, as well as templates that you can download.
This is a seasonal feature published in the New York Times on Jan 13, 2023. There are many ways that we can remember Martin Luther King, and this feature talks about 6 differnet ways to do this in New York. Here are a few examples: The Brooklyn Academy of Music will have a tribute towards Dr. King on Jan 16. The Apollo Theater will have its 17th annual Dr. King celebration on Jan 15. Also, there will be quilting sessiosn at the Wave Hill Public Garden and Cultural Center in the Bronx, New York, on Jan 14.
This is an occupation feature published in The Post and Courier on Jan 28, 2023. Ever wonder who does those colorful braids in USC basketball star Aliyah Boston? That would be 21-year-old Alana White, a hair stylist who works at Salon Exquisite in Columbia’s Spring Valley Commons. Ironically, when Alana was in in hgihschool she watched Aliyah play in a basketball game. What's even more ironic is what she said to her dad at the game, which was," Dad, I would just love to do her hair." Sounds to me like the universe put this request in motion.
This is an adventure feature published in Dr. Harwoods Birds Eye Views Blog on July 9, 2018. In this blog post, Dr. Harwood talks about his time on a nature trail in Donnelley Wildlife Management Area in South Carolina's ACE Basin. The trail that he walked on is the Boynton Trail, which is a trail that he has used many times. He also mentions in this blog that he saw a pair of Painted Buntings two weeks before he posted this feautre on his blog.
