Feature writing

Bulgarian translation: писане на очерци

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English term or phrase:Feature writing
Bulgarian translation:писане на очерци
Entered by: DEnchev

18:17 Mar 12, 2006
English to Bulgarian translations [PRO]
Science - Journalism
English term or phrase: Feature writing
Getting students to learn:
1. To write a publishable news story in the inverted pyramid format on deadline.
2. To report and write a news story.
3. Feature writing.
4. News judgement.
DEnchev
Bulgaria
Local time: 21:30
писане на очерци
Explanation:
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-03-12 18:36:26 GMT)
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Feature си е точно очерк.

Feature-writing

Newspapers and periodicals often contain features (see under heading feature style at article news style) written by journalists, many of whom specialize in this form of "in-depth" journalism.

http://imgc.psychcentral.com/psypsych/Journalism#Feature-wri...

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Note added at 30 mins (2006-03-12 18:48:30 GMT)
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Или "как се пише очерк".

Ето как /от същия източник/:


Feature style

In fact, news stories aren't the only stories that appear in newspapers and magazines. Longer articles, such as magazine cover articles and the pieces that lead the inside sections of a newspaper, are known as features. Feature stories differ from straight news in several ways. Foremost is the absence of a straight-news lead, at least most of the time. Instead of offering the essence of a story up front, feature writers typically attempt to lure readers in.

A feature's first paragraphs often relate an intriguing moment or event, as in an "anecdotal lead". From the particulars of a person or episode, its view quickly broadens to generalities about the story's subject.

The section that signals what a feature is about is called the nut graf or billboard. Billboards appear as the third or fourth paragraph from the top, and may be up to two paragraphs long. Unlike a lead, a billboard rarely gives everything away. This reflects the fact that feature writers aim to hold their readers to the end, which requires engendering curiosity and offering a "payoff." Feature paragraphs tend to be longer than those of news stories, with smoother transitions between them. Feature writers use the active-verb construction and concrete explanations of straight news, but often they put more personality in their prose.

Feature stories close with a "kicker." In feature writing, it's a mistake to end by simply petering out... like this.
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Antonina Zaitseva
Ireland
Local time: 19:30
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feature writing
писане на очерци


Explanation:
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Note added at 18 mins (2006-03-12 18:36:26 GMT)
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Feature си е точно очерк.

Feature-writing

Newspapers and periodicals often contain features (see under heading feature style at article news style) written by journalists, many of whom specialize in this form of "in-depth" journalism.

http://imgc.psychcentral.com/psypsych/Journalism#Feature-wri...

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Note added at 30 mins (2006-03-12 18:48:30 GMT)
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Или "как се пише очерк".

Ето как /от същия източник/:


Feature style

In fact, news stories aren't the only stories that appear in newspapers and magazines. Longer articles, such as magazine cover articles and the pieces that lead the inside sections of a newspaper, are known as features. Feature stories differ from straight news in several ways. Foremost is the absence of a straight-news lead, at least most of the time. Instead of offering the essence of a story up front, feature writers typically attempt to lure readers in.

A feature's first paragraphs often relate an intriguing moment or event, as in an "anecdotal lead". From the particulars of a person or episode, its view quickly broadens to generalities about the story's subject.

The section that signals what a feature is about is called the nut graf or billboard. Billboards appear as the third or fourth paragraph from the top, and may be up to two paragraphs long. Unlike a lead, a billboard rarely gives everything away. This reflects the fact that feature writers aim to hold their readers to the end, which requires engendering curiosity and offering a "payoff." Feature paragraphs tend to be longer than those of news stories, with smoother transitions between them. Feature writers use the active-verb construction and concrete explanations of straight news, but often they put more personality in their prose.

Feature stories close with a "kicker." In feature writing, it's a mistake to end by simply petering out... like this.

Antonina Zaitseva
Ireland
Local time: 19:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian, Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Благодаря

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Metodi Gerasimov: като журналист и преводач няма как да не се съглася:)
33 mins
  -> Благодаря за подкрепата :)

agree  Yavor Dimitrov
53 mins
  -> Благодаря, Тангра

agree  Andrei Vrabtchev
2 hrs

agree  sedm1238
12 hrs

agree  Peter Skipp
21 hrs
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