Topic for a feature article?

Question

i have to make a magazine on health, fitness and sports and it has to include a feature article. a) i don't know what a feature article is. and b) i can't think of any topics to do it on. help me please! give me a topic and a brief description about it and why it's a good topic.

Answer 1

If you are a journalism student, the feature article needs to be on a subject of YOUR choosing. You will be faced with this issue throughout your whole career. If you can't yet find a way to relate your own interests to a subject you aren't engaged in or know much about, how will you motivate yourself to keep writing fresh material for a professional career?

If this is only an assignment for a required class you have little interest in, again...find a way to relate things you are interested in to the subject. Even if you're not athletic or into physical fitness, or health science, writing about these things will be more fun if you find something about your interests that are related.

What country do you live in? Report about athletes from your country. Report on health discoveries by your countrymen.

If you love fashion, report on the history of fashion in tenniswear or sports uniforms. Report on color and it's psychological effect in sports or health.

If you love music, report on the favorite sports of your favorite recording artist. We all love to sleep. How about reporting on dream research or the effects of sleep on learning?

Report on athlete superstitions. Love to travel? Report on sports travel tours.

The sky is the limit. The important thing is to find a way to make the project fun and learn while doing it.

Best of luck.

K

Answer 2

a) a feature article is usually the longest & covering a subject of high interest or controversy...basically the most important message you're trying to get across to readers.

b) a perfect topic is "supplements" such as diet pills, multi-vitamins, & steroids...cover the good & bad of anything sold in GNC (you know, the health fanatic store) because it is related to health & fitness & informs readers of healthy options they may not have been aware of prior...but also warns them of what to stay away from such as things that may not be FDA approved. get as much input as possible by talking to the pharmacist at your local drugstore so that you can quote them in your feature. visit a gym & observe. go to GNC & read some product labels.