Feature Article

It is stated in the paper “How to Write a Feature Article” that” Feature writing often centers around people and their interests rather than events, but many of the same writing conventions of news writing (particularly a concern for accuracy) are also required for feature writing” (How to Write a Feature Article). Feature article can be found similar to the news reports, because they tell a story about the occurring event. However, such articles are often much longer and they tell the audience more about the people, which were influenced by the event than about the event, which has happened. The feature articles show the reader the emotions, world views and the believes of people involved, instead of just showing basic facts and statistics. For my RIP Project I am writing a feature article about Russian
New York Times often uses this technique as well by starting most of it’s opinion articles with a short relative anecdote to involve readers in the discussion from the very beginning. In the beginning my article I am trying to emotionally persuade y audience to become interested in my topic by sharing my concerns of being the only Russian student in my high school (Talonova). By using this personal anecdote I am trying to inform my audience of the cultural shock of the immigrants, when they realize that nobody around them can speak their native language nor know and understand the basic facts of their culture. Also, by starting a feature article with a personal anecdote I demonstrate my audience that I have a knowledge about the topic I am persuading them about, by being an immigrant myself. In my essay I also use anecdotes about other immigrants and use some quotations form them to show my readers the story from