Features are a magazines' biggest strength. What makes a good feature and a good feature writer?

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MAGAZINE JOURNALISM

Features are a magazines' biggest strength. What makes a good feature and a good feature writer?

TERM PAPER

Beenish Rai

M.C.III

Tuesday, November 18, 2003

ITRODUCTION TO THE CO-RELATION OF MAGAZINES AND FEATURES

The significance of journalism today is self explanatory and self evident. If newspapers are the backbone of print media, magazines are its strength. Magazines have added colour to the otherwise dull life of print media. In order to study rather explore the significance of magazine journalism it is appropriate to study the psychology of the people criteria of the times and demands of the society as well as the changing tastes of the members of society, buying the capability the likes and dislikes of the elite society.

Magazine journalism is rather a reflection of society itself. It is a non academic According to E. Frank Candlin, "A magazine is a non academic discipline which enriches the knowledge of an ordinarily educated person guiding him intellectually, spiritually besides improving his behaviour and attitude towards the social cultural political and economic affairs."1 Due to its thought provoking articles, writings, gleanings from the existing literature and formulation of