VI Reading Skill A Feature Story in a Newspaper Feature stories offer news of the emotions is the way Jon Franklin twice a Pulitzer winner, has described What, then, does a real feature story look like? Consider these as possible characteristics: You can read it, if you want to, in a single sitting on the day the tory was published o You can read a short one in five minutes and a long one in 15 minutes. o It is not a news story but can be inspired by the news s It has, at its heart. human interest s It illuminates lives lived in our time o It takes advantage of an expanded set of language and narrative strategies o It can be written and reported within the normal timeframe of journalistic enterprise. ach one of those characteristics de serves it own essay. but for my hometown newspaper, the St. Petersburg Time e feature story I'll offer a couple of recent examples of the nob rnVI Reading Skill  Feature Story in a Newspaper Feature stories offer news of the emotions is the way Jon Franklin, twice a Pulitzer winner, has described. What, then, does a real feature story look like? Consider these as possible characteristics:  You can read it, if you want to, in a single sitting on the day the story was published.  You can read a short one in five minutes and a long one in 15 minutes.  It is NOT a news story but can be inspired by the news.  It has, at its heart, human interest.  It illuminates lives lived in our time.  It takes advantage of an expanded set of language and narrative strategies.  It can be written and reported within the normal timeframe of journalistic enterprise. Each one of those characteristics deserves it own essay. But for now, I'll offer a couple of recent examples of the noble feature story from my hometown newspaper, the St. Petersburg Times