Feature Writing Preview

1. What is the difference between a hard news lead (lede) and the one you read above?
A hard news lead is 
2. What paragraph(s) did you learn the following information?
a. Who- Paragraph 2

b. What- Paragraph 2
c. Where- Paragraph 2
d. When- Paragraphs 2 & 3
e. Why- Paragraph
f. How

3. Are there quotes in this story?
Yes
4. Are those quotes arranged in the "quote-transiton" style we used in news writing?
Not all of them
5. Who is quoted in the story?Kevin McLoughlin, Ted Williams, Doral Chenoweth III, Ken Andrews, Tony Florentino, Shane Cormier, Frank Willson, and Patrick Harris.

6. What quote is the most powerful in the story, in your opinion?

"My boss said to me: 'If you don't get him hired, you're fired,'" said Kevin McLoughlin, director of post-production films for the National Football League.

7. How many paragraphs is the story?
33 paragraphs
8. How many words is the story (hint: you can copy and paste into Word and get a word count)?
784 words
9. What is significant about the lead (lede) and the final paragraph of the story?

10. Why do you think the writer did that with the lead (lede) and final paragraph?

11. Was the story interesting to read?
Yes
12. When you finished the story, but BEFORE you watched the video, did you want to hear the voice?
Yes
13. Multimedia approaches are powerful tools, what impact did the video have when watched directly after reading the story?

14. Would the story have lost its impact without the video?
Yes because
15. Did the writer try to come up with a way for you to hear the voice, i.e. did he try to describe the voice or give you a way to "hear" the voice without really hearing it?
Yes
16. How did the writer do that?

The writer added familiar quotes in between information to give the reader a way of hearing his voice without really hearing it.