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Introduces feature reporting, story sources, language development, and critical evaluation of online information for journalists.
How does a journalist turn basic facts into a feature that informs, guides, and holds a reader’s attention? These opening lessons approach that question through language development, reporting methods, and the careful selection of evidence. Reading, listening, speaking, and writing are presented as complementary habits, with particular attention to communication in English and Urdu within Pakistan. The discussion distinguishes features from conventional news stories by examining their depth, structure, emotional appeal, and longer usefulness. Creativity is permitted, but invented facts are excluded. Research, interviews, background, and explanations of causes help a writer develop a fuller portrayal of a subject. Personal reactions may enter a feature, although first person narration is treated cautiously. A substantial section explores where material comes from: personalities, commemorations, social customs, scientific developments, psychological pressures, history, and everyday problems. Examples include marriage practices, technological change, energy resources, health, traffic rules, and first aid. Observation, conversations, printed publications, broadcasts, and institutions offer further starting points. The final supplied lesson examines Internet research. It asks readers to check authorship, institutional affiliation, accuracy, bias, supporting references, research methods, and the currency of information. Corporate promotion and political agendas illustrate why apparently informative pages need scrutiny. Throughout these pages, the central practical concern is how to gather dependable material and shape it into accessible, engaging journalism.
Additional Information
- Title
- Feature and Column Writing
- Authors
- Aamer Waqas Ghaus Chaudhary
- Translator
- -
- Publisher
- BASHARATE BOOK STORE
- Book Format
- Book Type
- Digital
- Number of Pages
- 159
- Publication Year
- 2026
- Book Size
- 598.5 KB
- Book Language
- English