Journalism : Features Writing Lead writing

 Hello readers!

                              Here I am going to wrote about Journalism. We know that journalism is generally defined as the production and distribution of reports on recent events, and also I am wrote about the lead writing and features writing. This blog is my academic task given by Vaidehi Hariyani medam from Department of English Bhavnagar University.

Introduction

                            Word ' Journal' Journalism, journalist ' have their origin in the French derivation' journal' the Latin term ' diurnalis' means ' daily', Around 130 B. C. in Rome there grew a practice of putting up two handwriting practice of putting up two handwriting bulletins in the main public square.

                       " Journalism is instant history, an account of history as it is being made".

                          The industrial Revolution brought in so many profitable advertisements that news gradually began to be pushed into the inside pages. Views were expressed more widely in pamphlets as 'essay' s like those of Addison and steele in the spectator.

Lead writing

                       In journalism, the beginning sentences of a news story are everything. Called leads or "ledes", they must lonely essential information, set the tone and entice people to continue reading.

Types  of Leads

• Straight lead 
• Scene setting lead
• Observational lead
• First person lead 
• Anecdote lead 

# Straight lead

Also called the “summary” lead, this is by far the most common and traditional version; it should be used in most cases. It is a brief summary, containing most of the Five W’s and H in one sentence.

# scene setting lead

The scene-setting lead describes the physical location where a story takes place. On the second floor of an old Bavarian palace in Munich, Germany, there’s a library with high ceilings, a distinctly bookish smell and one of the world’s most extensive collections of Latin texts.

# observational lead

When offering an authoritative observation about a story and how it fits in with the larger picture, you should make sure you know the broader context of your subject matter.

# first - person lead

This lead describes the journalist’s personal experience with the topic. It should only be used when you have a valuable contribution and perspective that help illuminate the story.

# Anecdotal lead

The anecdotal lead uses a quick, relevant story to draw in the reader. The anecdote must help enhance the article’s broader point, and you must explain the connection to that point in the first few sentences following the lead.

Feature writing

                          Features are not meant to deliver the news firsthand. They do contain elements of news, but their main function is to humanize, to add colour, to educate, to entertain, to illuminate. They often recap major news that was reported in a previous news cycle.

                     Feature writing can stand alone, or it can be a sidebar to the main story, the mainbar. A sidebar runs next to the main story or elsewhere in the same edition, providing an audience with additional information on the same topic.

Types of Features 

Personality profiles:         

 

                     A personality profile is written to bring an audience closer to a person in or out of the news. Interviews and observations, as well as creative writing, are used to paint a vivid picture of the person. The CBC’s recent profile of Pierre Elliot Trudeau is a classic example of the genre and makes use of archival film footage, interviews, testimonials, and fair degree of editorializing by the voice-over commentary.

Human interest stories: 

                   A human interest story is written to show a subject’s oddity or its practical, emotional, or entertainment value.

Trend stories: 

                   A trend story examines people, things or organizations that are having an impact on society. Trend stories are popular because people are excited to read or hear about the latest fads.

In-depth stories: 

                    Through extensive research and interviews, in-depth stories provide a detailed account well beyond a basic news story or feature.

Backgrounders: 

                   A backgrounder--also called an analysis piec--adds meaning to current issues in the news by explaining them further. These articles bring an audience up-to-date, explaining how this country, this organization, this person happens to be where it is now.

 Writing a feature