Feature Writing - David John D. Ubera (FINAL).pptx

Adapted and Modified from Jeric Cabug and Hernan Bella
DAVID JOHN D. UBERA
School Head, Ganao National High School
Schools Division of Nueva Vizcaya

A news story is a mere
reportage of an event or idea
or situation.

A news story is also
a feature story.

Writing is a very dynamic and
creative activity. Journalists can
build up his thoughts, insights, or
ideas to create one story so
engaging to the readers.

Among the areas of
newspaper, a feature article is
the closing link between
journalism & literature.

A feature article
informs and entertains.

A feature article
is straight and direct.

CES studes join confab
The grades IV-V pupils of Namnam
Elementary School (NES) joined a campus
journalism seminar-workshop at CES on
August 5, 2017 to enhance the journalistic
writing skills.
NEWS

Learning at stake
Citing that learning inside the classroom is
affected when students freely use electronic
gadgets like phones and tablets during class
hours, the General Parent Teachers’
Association released its resolution no. 4 that
restricts the usage of these devices during
class hours

Learning at stake
According to the resolution, gadgets of
the student violators will be confiscated by
the teacher and they are required to render
service for their offenses.
Teachers should consistently monitor this.
They should train the students that gadgets
are prohibited.
editorial

Brownie
It is furry and brown. It always gets near me
whenever I go home from school. It would
bark, “arf arf arf” then would lick my face.
It is my one and only dog named Brownie. I
love this pet because it always follows me
everywhere. It serves as a police guarding our
house and protects us from strangers.

Brownie
Of all the animals in the world, I consider
dog as my favorite because indeed it is a
man’s bestfriend.
feature

Adapted and Modified from Jeric Cabug and Hernan Bella
*Review on the Basics of Feature Writing
*Qualities of a Good Feature Writer
*Types of Feature Story / Article
*Latest Trends/Updates in Feature Writing
*Organization of Ideas in Feature Writing

What is the purpose of Kapuso Mo,
Jessica Soho?
KAPUSO MO, JESSICA SOHO
(One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is
currently the top-rating primetime
News and Public Affairs
program in the Philippines. It
features socio-cultural stories,
current issues, food features,
lifestyle trends and special events
worldwide.

HARD NEWS VS. SOFT NEWS
• Standard fare of
most newspapers
• Objective
• Direct
• Factual
• Usually associated
with human
interest
• Subjective
• Featurized
HARD NEWS SOFT NEWS

• You must combine the rigors of factual reporting with the
creative freedom of short-story writing.
• Readers would have to read the whole story to understand it.
FEATURE WRITING

Functions to humanize, to add color, to educate, to entertain,
to illuminate
Written to hook the reader and draw him/her into the story
May or may not be tied to a current event
Often longer than a traditional news story
May present an opinionated view.
FEATURE WRITING

TIME ELEMENT
TIMELY TIMELESS
NEWS STORY FEATURE STORY

LANGUAGE
DIRECT
SIMPLE
INDIRECT
ELEGANT
COLORFUL

APPEAL
TO THE MIND
INTELLECT
TO THE HEART
EMOTION

FUNCTION
TO INFORM TO INFORM
TO ENTERTAIN

PRESENTATION
OBJECTIVE SUBJECTIVE

CONTENTS
FACTS FACTS BUT CAN
BE INTERPRETED
BY PERSONAL
PERCEPTIONS

LITERARY EFFECT
PASSING LASTING
PERMANENT

THEME
PAROCHIAL UNIVERSAL

SCOPE
LIMITED UNLIMITED

One day, I went to the market wearing my shirt with my
grandmother. We bought vegetables and fruits for the celebration of her
birthday. Living 70 years is a blessing not everyone can obtain for GOD.
One sunny and memorable day, I lovingly went to the market
wearing my new, colorful and favorite shirt with my loving, caring and
very supportive grandmother. We happily bought fresh and cheap
vegetables and nutritious fruits for her forthcoming grand birthday
celebration. Living 70 years of fruitful and meaningful productive life is
a great and once in a lifetime blessing not every human being can
obtain from our loving and faithful GOD.

Joshua Marion De Guzman was born on January 12, 1991. He is
the third son of Atty. Mario De Guzman and Dr. Jane De Guzman. They
live in Quezon City. He graduated valedictorian at Miriam College for
his elementary education and valedictorian at UP Laboratory High
School. He enrolled BS Nursing at University of the East and graduated
Summa Cum laude. He finished Doctor of Medicine at Harvard
University with Highest Honors. He is one of the best doctors in the
Philippines and in the world. He suffered Drug Addiction and lost his
job.

STORY STRUCTURE
Lead
Details are in
-Chronological order
-Logical order
-Narrative order
HARD NEWS SOFT NEWS
Most Important
Least Important

Basically Feature is a
write up that is
based on that
mysterious
ingredient in
journalism called
‘human interest’ –
it appeals to us
because we can
relate to it.
JEWEL OF THE
NEWSPAPER

News values is
substituted with
human interest,
mood,
atmosphere,
emotion, irony
humor.

Straight news appeals
to the physical, the
feature story “appeals
in the soul.”

Feature is NOT:
Literary article
Opinion article
Storytelling
Fiction Story

TYPES OF FEATURE ARTICLES
A. Human Interest – focuses on the practical,
emotional, or entertainment value of the subject. It
tackles human experiences where readers can relate.
•“The Life of a Struggling Teacher”

B. Profile. This type of feature article is also known as
personality or character sketch. It is descriptive in
nature, and the topic revolves around the
achievements, character, and lifestyle of the subject,
who is a known individual.
Example: “Nora Aunor – Truly People’s National Artist?

C. How-to. This type of feature article covers topics that
tell readers on “how to do” a thing, say, how to operate
a computer or how cook adobo.

D. Historical. This type of feature covers topics
concerning significant dates in history.
•Example: “The Lessons We Learned from World War
II”

E. Seasoned Theme. This is a feature story that covers
topics Highlighting the celebrations of various seasons,
New Year, among others.
•Example: “The Satisfaction I get in Giving during
Holiday Season

F. Trending Story. It covers topics of bandwagon effect.
It tells about the “in thing” or simply the trends that
shape the minds and preferences of people on
something, like gadget, fashion, cars, among others.
•Example: “Apple or Samsung: Which is Sturdier?”

G. News Feature. It is based on a very significant news
that has created great impact to the readers. This
article expounds on a certain topic from the news that
can be considered unusual, mysterious, or humorous.
•Example: Snow Hits The Province of Baguio

H. Live-in. This is a feature story telling day-to-day
survival of the subject being treated in the story. The
writer’s immersions to the actual life of his subject in
his springboard to create the story in full details.
•Example: “Living the Life of a Pauper”

Let's start at the
beginning with …
LEADS

The opening sentence must grab and
hold the reader's attention by using
specific, interest-arousing words.
Leads

The lead must catch the spirit of the story
and create the proper tone: serious,
sarcastic, ironic, flippant, melancholy.
Leads

Leads
 Can be and often are longer than one
sentence
 Your chance to grab the reader's
attention
 Should be specific to your story
 Should not be filled with cliches
 Should be in third person
 Must fit the mood or tone of the story

A Few Types of Leads
 Narrative - tells a story
 Descriptive - describes a scene, person or
subject
 Direct Quote – must be used with narrative
 Startling statement
 Contrast and Compare (then and now)
 Twist

Read the following sample of
a feature write-up and
observe how the details
are presented

9-year-old vlogger went from 2 to130K
subscribers after viral Facebook post
"Celebrate even the tiniest of victories!"
This is what Mary Grace Escober, a 9-year-old Vlogger from
Negros Occidental, reminded thousands of people when she
celebrated having 2 subscribers on her YouTube channel.
“Happy 2 subsciber[s]. Subscribe to my channel," Mary
Grace captioned on her viral post as she shares the food she
prepared for the celebration, including a cupcake with a simple
dedication "2 subs."

Happy 100K!
On Tuesday, October 13, Mary Grace, together with her
family and closest friends, celebrated her new milestone.
“Thank you so much 100k subscribers!!! Sobrang happy po
namin ng family ko ngayon hndi namin ito inasahan maraming
salamat po talaga sa lahat ng sumusuporta sa akin!” Mary Grace
captioned on her post.
Mary Grace currently has six videos on her YouTube
account, the latest one being a Q&A vlog wherein she answered
personal questions and gave shout out to select fans and
followers.
https://www.sagisag.com/article/2979/entertainment/9-year-old-vlogger-went-from-2-to130k-subscribers-after-viral-facebook-post

1. Give a catchy short introduction.

Insert interview or quotes from the subject

Describe and tell the interesting story

Add more stories about the subject

Twins separated at birth reveal their
incredible reunion story

Two years ago, on a chilly, gray, rainy Saturday
afternoon in London, Anaïs Bordier received a screenshot,
sent by a friend, of a young woman in America who looked
exactly like her.
• “I was shocked,” Anaïs says today. “I didn’t understand
. . . who could that be?” Electrified, her next thought was to
find out more about this girl. And just as quickly, she
dropped the idea.

Anaïs was adopted as an infant from South Korea
and raised as an only child in Paris and Brussels. She
knew nothing about her biological mother — only that her
adoption papers listed her as a single live birth. That’s
why, Anaïs says, “I didn’t think she could be my twin. But
the resemblance was so strong that I thought she might
be related to me to a lesser degree — like my cousin or
something.”

Meanwhile, her friends poked around the Web and
found the same young woman — a 25-year-old actress
named Samantha Futerman — in an online trailer for a
movie called “21 & Over.” This time, Anaïs investigated.
“I found her date of birth,” she says. “What are the
chances you find someone adopted from the same
country, same town, who was born on the same day?”
She thought of “The Parent Trap,” starring Lindsay
Lohan as a tweenage girl who discovers her long-lost
identical twin.
“So this time, I had no fear,” Anaïs says. “I thought
we could be twins, and twins have a very strong bond.
So I made the sudden decision to message her.”

It was Feb. 21, 2013. She sent Samantha a friend request
on Facebook that read, in part:
“I stalked you a bit and found out you were born on the 19th
of November 1987 . . . and discovered you were adopted too. So
. . . I don’t want to be too Lindsay Lohan, well . . . but . . . how to
put it . . . I was wondering where you were born?”
And then, Anaïs waited.

• By Maureen Callahan
• October 19, 2014 9:34am

Pitfalls to avoid in feature writing …
 Using a news lead
 Writing in the passive voice
 Using too many adverbs and adjectives
instead of specific nouns and powerful
verbs
 Messy handwriting
 Story doesn’t flow – doesn’t use T/Q
formula
 Lack of strong quotes

On contest day …
 Read the entire prompt
 Take a moment. Remember what
stands out to you. Try to use that for your
lead.
 Reread the prompt and highlight or
underline powerful quotes.
 Also, mark your nut graph (usually
the news peg) in the prompt.
 Cross out any unnecessary quotes or
people.
 Write.

WORKSHOP NO. 1
Among the Gubernatorial Candidates of the Province
of Nueva Vizcaya for the May 09, 2022 Elections, who
do you think is deserving? Write a Feature Article about
the candidate you have chosen.

WORKSHOP NO. 2
A couple of weeks ago, there was a group of scientists
who announced to the public that the world is about to
end five years from now because of climate crisis and
climate change. How will you explain the devastating
climate change to a blind child? Write a Feature Article.

Good to know, she
was the only one
sleeping during
the lecture. =)

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