Differences Between Feature Story & Editorial Editorials allow the writer to express opinions Feature stories arent opinion stories.

Editorial Basics Meant to be crea+ve and probing Provide a pla3orm for writer to air his opinion Wri:en as ar+cles, essays or commentaries

What is an Editorial? Has an introduc+on, body and conclusion May be one-sided, unbalanced and opinionated Found in newspaper, magazines and the publica+ons of special interest groups Do not contain interviews

Difference in Intent of Editorial and Feature Story Feature Story: goes into detail or interprets news in a fair and unbiased fashion. Editorial: may also interpret or explain but with the excep+on that the writer can support or deny a posi+on and draw conclusions Feature Story: may intend to instruct or entertain the reader Editorial: can cri+cize, a:empt to persuade or commend people, laws or organiza+ons

Feature Story Editorial

Introduc+on sparks the readers interest, while the conclusion is wri:en to help the story s+ck with you.

Similarly, an editorial is wri:en to en+ce the reader, but with the dierence that the reader will walk away knowing the writers posi+on on the ma:er.

Timely, entertaining, can contain interviews, and are balanced, oering informa+on about both sides of the story.

Also, +mely, expressing opinions on current events, but can also revolve around controversial topics and do not contain interviews.

Typically a +mely human interest story that is meant to interest a broad audience.

An editorial may turn readers o if the writer and reader do not share the same opinion on a given topic.

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