On CNN, a story was shown raising the issue of kids getting illnesses from their school. A third-grader in Winsted, Connecticut, last year, Matthew Asselin frequently got sick. He missed a total of 53 days of school do to pneumonia, sinus infections, respiratory infections, and painful headaches. During the summer, Matthew was completely fine. When then put him back in school that next fall, he started to developed these illnesses again. His mother realized that it had to be the school making him sick. Studies have estimated that a third or more of U.S. schools have mold, dust and other indoor air problems serious enough to provoke respiratory issues like asthma in students and teachers. A national survey of school nurses found that 40% knew children and staff adversely affected by indoor pollutants.
I thought this was a good example of a feature story because it raised awareness of filth in schools. It caught my attention and that is what a feature story is supposed to do.
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