Chap12 Interviews & Chap 17 Feature Stories Flashcards
What are the 6 Universal Needs?
- food
- education
- clothing
- love
- shelter
- health
- Types of Feature Stories (9)
- Profiles: testaments of character
- Historical: commemorate dates of important events
- Adventure: unusual and exciting experiences
- Seasonal (self explanatory)
- Explanatory: providing more detailed descriptions or explanations of things trending in the news (often preceded by another story)
- How-To-Do-It (self explanatory)
- Occupational or Hobby: show the exciting/dangerous/unusual side of a profession or hobby
- Behind-The Scenes (self explanatory)
- Participatory: like behind the scenes except in this story the reporter is actually doing the action too
purpose of profile feautres
purpose of historical features
commemorate dates of important events
purpose of adventure features
unusual and exciting experiences
purpose of explanatory features
Explanatory: providing more detailed descriptions or explanations of things trending in the news (often preceded by another story)
purpose of occupational or hobby features
Occupational or Hobby: show the exciting/dangerous/unusual side of a profession or hobby
purpose of participatory features
Participatory: like behind the scenes except in this story the reporter is actually doing the action too
what does the plot in a feature story do?
the plot of a feature story is often a description of the obstacles that lie between the subjects of the stories and their goals.
resolution of conflict = theme of human interest story
what is the purpose of dialogue in a story
point of dialogue in stories = to show temperament, plot, events, time, customs, color or continuity
How many people must give consent to be taped in the state of Maryland?
All parties
