Researching Feature News Articles (Major Project)
In order to learn more about feature news articles, I have chosen to research feature news articles through The Guardian newspaper because it offers many diverse topics from which I can gain a good understanding to write my own article. I have researched 2 different articles, beginning with the reintroduction of wolves in the National Park of Yellowstone.
The article started with a sentence that introduced the main idea possibly trying to catch the reader's attention, followed by a narrative. A narrative is recounted story, so this feature news article is telling the story of how wolves where in reintroduced in Yellowstone and what impacts this had on the ecosystem. The body of the article starts from the very beginning, by explaining what happened to the wolves back in 1870 and why it happened. There are many facts throughout the body, in addition to quotes used from people that were interviewed for this article. The narrative flow continues in the whole article, showing scientific facts that explain why the missing of wolves harmed the ecosystem and the immediate difference it made when they came back. As the story is coming to an end the article reaches a conclusion using several words from an influential person which is Jamie Rapport Clarke (president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife). The conclusion reached was that ESA is what helped to reintroduce wolves and none of this would have happened without the ESA. It is always good to end a feature news article with a quote that sums what the article has been trying to communicate to the readers. In this case, the final sentence says "It’s our conscience, our reminder that we’re responsible for maintaining a healthy planet now and in the future." this shows a kind of moral within the story, as if to teach a lesson that humans are the one's responsible to keep a good environment.
This feature article is structured slightly different compared to the wolves' article. The narrative flow is still present; however, the article talks about many stories and not just one. The article is discussing many examples about the change in women's stereotypical ending in a story. Authors are changing the happy marriage or romance endings usually found in novels. Similarly to the previous article, the narrative starts with a setting relating to the past and makes his way through the idea of the article. In this article we can see critics comments and point of views and we also see citations from the novel or movies that support the idea in which female roles are changing. The article's body consists of multiple examples of novels in which the ending was not portrayed in a woman waiting for a prince but rather in achieveing independence and freedom. The conclusion is different as well, because it does not end in a quote but it ends in a paragraph describing the effect that these changes in plot endings can cause to young readers and viewers. The concluding paragraph is expressing the author's thoughts and expectations, instead of a reported speech as written in the first article.
"I hope the girls munching popcorn next to me during the screenings of Little Women and Frozen II weren’t just scoping out their next fancy dress costumes, but imagining the mark they’ll make on the world" is suggesting that she is putting herself in the audience's position and she is giving advice to the readers. Despite the differences in the conclusion between the two articles, both of the sentences concentrate on the main idea of the article.
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The article started with a sentence that introduced the main idea possibly trying to catch the reader's attention, followed by a narrative. A narrative is recounted story, so this feature news article is telling the story of how wolves where in reintroduced in Yellowstone and what impacts this had on the ecosystem. The body of the article starts from the very beginning, by explaining what happened to the wolves back in 1870 and why it happened. There are many facts throughout the body, in addition to quotes used from people that were interviewed for this article. The narrative flow continues in the whole article, showing scientific facts that explain why the missing of wolves harmed the ecosystem and the immediate difference it made when they came back. As the story is coming to an end the article reaches a conclusion using several words from an influential person which is Jamie Rapport Clarke (president and CEO of Defenders of Wildlife). The conclusion reached was that ESA is what helped to reintroduce wolves and none of this would have happened without the ESA. It is always good to end a feature news article with a quote that sums what the article has been trying to communicate to the readers. In this case, the final sentence says "It’s our conscience, our reminder that we’re responsible for maintaining a healthy planet now and in the future." this shows a kind of moral within the story, as if to teach a lesson that humans are the one's responsible to keep a good environment.
This feature article is structured slightly different compared to the wolves' article. The narrative flow is still present; however, the article talks about many stories and not just one. The article is discussing many examples about the change in women's stereotypical ending in a story. Authors are changing the happy marriage or romance endings usually found in novels. Similarly to the previous article, the narrative starts with a setting relating to the past and makes his way through the idea of the article. In this article we can see critics comments and point of views and we also see citations from the novel or movies that support the idea in which female roles are changing. The article's body consists of multiple examples of novels in which the ending was not portrayed in a woman waiting for a prince but rather in achieveing independence and freedom. The conclusion is different as well, because it does not end in a quote but it ends in a paragraph describing the effect that these changes in plot endings can cause to young readers and viewers. The concluding paragraph is expressing the author's thoughts and expectations, instead of a reported speech as written in the first article.
"I hope the girls munching popcorn next to me during the screenings of Little Women and Frozen II weren’t just scoping out their next fancy dress costumes, but imagining the mark they’ll make on the world" is suggesting that she is putting herself in the audience's position and she is giving advice to the readers. Despite the differences in the conclusion between the two articles, both of the sentences concentrate on the main idea of the article.
Sources:
- Randall, C (2020) A rewilding triumph: wolves help to reserve Yellowstone degradation, The Guardian [online] 25th Jan. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/25/yellowstone-wolf-project-25th-anniversary [Accessed 25/01/20].
- Levitin, M (2020) Happy ever after: why writers are falling out of love with marriage, The Guardian [online] 25th Jan. Available from: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/25/happy-ever-after-why-writers-are-falling-out-of-love-with-marriage [Accessed 25/01/20].
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