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Feature Article Project

In your first major project for this course, you will draft, design, and revise a feature article on a subject or person appropriate for a specific magazine. Feature articles cover a topic in depth by taking a close look at a subject. We will read a variety of approaches to writing a feature article throughout the semester, and though we will be discussing the genre further through our readings, this site may help us more fully define a feature article. Your article should meet the following requirements:

1. use both primary (interviews, observations, analysis of primary documents, first-person experience) and secondary (other published accounts) research
2. contain at least 2000 words
3. contain at least 2 images
4. designed in InDesign and submitted as a pdf file
5. all submitted drafts should contain a one-page cover letter explaining how this article fits into the mission and purpose of the magazine to which you are submitting

I will evaluate your article based on your ability to meet these requirements as well as your own stated criteria for the magazine to which you are submitting. Rough drafts and final drafts of this project will be submitted to a designated location on Blackboard. After you receive your grade on this project, you will have one final opportunity to revise this feature article for a higher grade as you prepare this piece for inclusion in the class magazine project. There will be more details to follow on the revision opportunity.

Rough Draft Due: September 29th

Final Draft Due: October 10th by 5pm

Criteria for Feature Stories (developed during our 9/3 class time)
Greater Detail
Author integrates own personal experience
In-Depth (Length)
Creative
Explores meaning of events (why? how?)
Not Always Objective
Broad Audiences