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Second Feature Article Review
The Stoner Arms Dealers: By Guy Lawson in Rolling Stone This article was a finalist for best feature writing in a magazine for 2011. I like how the author is able to describe the personality of the two young arms dealers. I think that the author also does a great job of explaining the process […]
Profile: Jeff Gold
Jeff Gold toes the rubber on a brisk winter afternoon at PK Park in Eugene, Oregon. His black team issued Nike cleats dig into the dirt as he comes set to deliver a 2-2 pitch. His front leg jerks upward as he tilts his body showing the numbers on the back […]
Feature Article Review
Chaos Theory by Jack McCallum Jack McCallum’s feature story in this weeks Sports Illustrated deal with this season struggles of the Los ANgeles Lakers. McCallum however, doesn’t go at the assignment by just saying what the problems have been. He plays off the Los Angeles theme and gives each problem (player or coach) that the […]
Personal Essay Reviews
The Washing: I thought the lead of this personal essay was very effective, it made me want to read on because not many people wash corpses. I thought that the piece had good description in certain parts, like when the author is describing the process of her putting on the medical clothing so that they […]
Feature Story
Josh Schrock Feature Story Among the businesses on Blair Avenue are a 7-11, an antique store, and a white house with a red roof. This house isn’t a normal house. There is normally a flock of people waiting on the front stoop of the house. A rich smoky aroma emanates from its doors […]
Profile Review
In It to Win It By J.R. Moehringer I love the way the author uses different parts of the body to tell the story. The opening description of the finger and clothes that he is wearing in the airport is very good. The way that the author ends the piece by describing the fans reactions […]
Feature Article Review
A Matter of Life and Sudden Death by Rick Reilly It is a longer piece but I really enjoyed how the author constructed the article. Starting out describing the scene in the locker room after the game, “blood caked uniforms” and the description of the IV drip was very engaging. Then the author gives a […]