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     REFLECTIONS   = <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">     = <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> After completing this webquest you as the student will have come to a greater understanding of the feature article and how it can be used to great effect to examine the causes, effects and implications of a given issue. Through the creation of your feature article you have taken a story and given it a medium through which it can be presented to the reader in a form that encourages a strong response and enlightenment. You have learnt how a story can be seen and understood in various ways and through many perspectives.

Through the process of writing your article, you have formed your own response on your chosen issue after thorough investigation and research, learnt the conventions that make a good feature article and utilized these conventions to create a piece of work that embodies your own original thoughts and ideas. Anyone who reads the article will be influenced or affected in some manner and this is the aim of any good journalist. Congratulations!

Please see below for some links to sites through which you can continue your journey in feature article writing! <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.clappingtrees.com/archives/2007/06/50-writing-tips-from-school-for-journalists/  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> -<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">50 great writing tips for aspiring journalists! <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">[|www.playthenews.com]         <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Formulate your views and predictions on current issues in the headlines. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://australianetworknews.com/         <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- Keep up to date with the latest news from Australia at this great online news website. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.journaliststoolbox.org/         <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">- A comprehensive and all in-one stop for facts figures, quotes and background information on many current news issues. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.mediacollege.com/journalism/interviews/  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> - a tutorial with some great tips for interview techniques. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">   <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">