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This guide was created to accompany the JOUR 333: News & Feature Writing course and combines links to the OER Textbook Writing Fabulous Features and other resources for this class.  The units are marked and each tab that follows are either chapters or other topics that fall within that unit.

Kraft, Nicole. Writing fabulous features Nicole Kraft. Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University Pressbooks, 2019.

Feature writing blends facts and information of news stories into a narrative style that includes elements from fiction writing like characters, descriptions, anecdotes, scene-setting, and dialogue. The main objective of feature writing is to craft a compelling story that connects with readers on a profound level, giving significance to the facts and enhancing the accessibility of information.

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