Features

The Features section is where budding journalists get to delve into the issues which interest, affect and influence Rhodes students; be it at University, in Grahamstown, nationally or internationally. The three-page section includes two feature articles and one feature profile every edition.

Typical features are 1200 words in length. Much less rigid than news articles, the Features section is ideal if you enjoy unleashing the creative journalist lurking inside you.

The feature profile entitled “To The Point” is a brand-new regular page where an interesting, talented or high-profile individual is interviewed every edition.

Meetings happen weekly, for approximately one hour. It is crucial that you check your email daily. Assigned writers will be expected to plan in-depth, to conduct wide-ranging research and interviews, as well as to liase with the section editor.

Features writers know what makes a good story. They are committed and thorough enough to pull it off in style.