A feature article is a news story that does more than report the facts. Features appeal to a wide audience by mixing accurate, factual information with human interest stories and is one of the few genres characterized by equally appealing to ethos, logos, and pathos. While the primary purpose of a feature is to inform, a good feature will also entertain your audience.

News features are increasingly found in publications, as they are more engaging for readers than hard news. To write a news feature, you must focus on a specific topic that can be thoroughly covered within a given word count. The topic must also be important and include firsthand accounts of real people (pathos), opinions from experts (ethos), and facts (logos) to establish the truth and gravity of the issue. Though their topics usually have a local focus, news features attempt to put everything together and show that there’s a larger context for the issue.

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