Journalists usually try to avoid ‘featuring’ in their articles, but sometimes an I is exactly the focus you need, says Tina Jackson
This month, it’s all about me – well, you, actually. Our series about feature-writing skills in journalism has so far concentrated on stories reported in third person, where the writer’s outsider position amplifies the reader’s knowledge by presenting accurate details of the how, where, what, why etc of a story. But there are times when you, and your personal point of view, make up a major part of the story.