A Profile is much shorter and includes things like the person's likes and dislikes, their personality, their appearance, etc.A profile is a type of feature story and usually focuses on a person. Profile is a somewhat specific term for a story about a person and, usully, focuses on what's important or interesting about that person now.
Although profiles are usually of people, like a celebrity profile, a journalist can also profile an entity, like a sports team or a company.
Profiles are popular types of magazine stories but you will also see profiles in newspapers and other publications.
Sources:
- http://mediacareers.about.com/od/glossary/g/profile.htm
- http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/pdf/author/profile-guide.pdf
No comments:
Post a Comment