1. the definitiongiven in Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary for "feature" is "a distinctive article, story or specialdepartment in a newspaper or magazine; something offered to the public or advertised as particularly attractive; a prominent part or characteristic." News means "a report of recent events." Story means "an account of incidents or events; a news article." (BPL 24 Nov 68 1)2.type of article other than straightnews usually included in a newspaper. Unlike hardnews a feature is not based on an event. "Astronautwins award" would be the subject of a regular news story whereas an in-depth story on the subject of space travel or the work and background of a certain astronaut would be a feature. (BPL 10 Jan 73R)