What type of reader is it for?

What makes a news story different than a feature story?

A news story gives straight facts about something that has just happened whereas a feature story does not have to be about something that just happened. A feature story sometimes includes a profile, or a story within a story, and is typically much longer than a news story.

A news story gives you the facts of what happened and then it is done. A feature does not have to give all of the information up front and does not typically utilize inverted pyramid style like a hard news story does; it gives you important and interesting information throughout the piece.

News stories are made for the reader to quickly be able read and get a lot of information out of a little amount of words. In a news story you should be able to simply read the lede and get the story. A feature is written for the reader who is more interested in the topic and wants to read the whole article to learn more.