The article “Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington” by Joshua Kors was an amazing story featuring a story that many people would never find out about. It’s heartbreaking to find out that after serving months or years in the service that soldiers are being misdiagnosed and kicked to the curb so that money can be saved. Before reading this article, the issue was never anything that crossed my mind because I have so much respect for the people that protect our country and I assumed that everyone else felt the same way. If it were up to me, soldiers would be provided with whatever they needed for the rest of their lives.
Kors did a great job of bringing this case to the American public and it just shows how powerful a feature article can be. Writers really have the chance to publish an article about real stories and can take part in making a wrong a right. It also got me thinking about how much research has to go into a feature. He needed to know what medical terms meant, he needed to know every person involved and then interview them, he needed to know dates and places. This article made me realize that to make the story great and worth reading that a lot of research is going to have to take place. But anything worth doing is worth doing well.
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I didn't realize how much research went into a feature article either, or I guess I just never really thought about it, but this article did make me realize that too. It makes fiction writing (which is what I do) seem like a breeze. I do commend those who write feature articles though. It's like you said, you don't really think about those kinds of things until you read about them.
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