Talk:Feature story

A fact from Feature story appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 September 2006. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that a news website that is not meant to report breaking news, but rather to take an in-depth look at the background events, persons or circumstances behind a news story? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2006/September.

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If you look at the left navigation on this page of wikipedia, there's a "Featured content" section. Are they the same thing or are they not? If so, shall we call it featured story? Thanks, HK.Tang — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.123.154.51 (talk) 02:30, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not very clear on what happened to this article. Some help cleaning it up so I can actually decipher what's going on? 137.99.32.223 (talk) 03:01, 13 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I have reverted this addition a third time. I am sure it is an attempt to make a genuine contribution to the encyclopaedia but unfortunately it smacks far too much of a personal opinion. To be an acceptable part of the article, it needs to cite some sources for the points it makes - journalism textbooks, for example. See

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Thinking of adding additional paragraphs to the article that support the structuring of a Feature Story. Ideas include: "Transforming Ideas into Features" and "Obtaining Reliable Resources." These sections would contribute to the direction and purpose of writing a feature effectively. I have accumulated some reliable and relevant sources to support these potential sections.

Hogarth, M. (2019). Writing Feature Articles: Print, Digital and Online (5th ed.). Routledge.

Garrison, B. (2023). Professional Feature Writing (6th ed.). Routledge. Aaashlle (talk) 04:23, 17 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]