PROFILE FEATURE: write an extended feature story introducing your audience to an interesting figure or organization in your community
600-800 words
Your featuree should not be a member of your family or long-time acquaintance, nor an organization to which you belong
Create an interesting lead feature lead to hook your readers
Use Chapter 7 to help you structure your feature
Use vivid, descriptive language to provide readers a glimpse into the life and personality of your subject
Interview at least three sources directly related to your story
In order to receive a high grade (i.e., A or B), the story must achieve the following objectives:
Article identifies a newsworthy topic and provides valuable or interesting information for audience. Story is written for a real audience and is appropriate in style and form for demographic
Article features a clear thesis and develops the main idea in an organized, substantive style
Article begins with an effective lead that is appropriate for story content
Article is an appropriate length and is organized in a style appropriate for the story (e.g., inverted pyramid for news; hourglass/martini glass for features)
Article includes the required number of sources. Each source provides valuable information or interesting quotes. No plagiarizing.
Article is free of mistakes in facts, logic, grammar, syntax, spelling, or punctuation
Article is written in AP style with no stylistic errors
Article is written in third-person objective style and does not include the words I, you, me, my, our, us, we or your (exception: your blog post) except in quote form
Article is free of editorializing (exception: blog post), biased language or supporting information, clichs or jargon
Story is written in delivery style appropriate for the medium (e.g., written for the eye in print; written for the ear in broadcast)
***PLEASE WRITE ABOUT A PERSON/ORGANIZATION IN THE DES MOINES, IOWA AREA****
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