好苦惱。怎樣也想不到feature story應該寫什麼。還有9283124709樣野未做...
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I've been reading Corner Office of the NYT. The Q&A approach is easy to digest and relatively concise...especially when you're reading about successful entrepreneurs, I'd prefer reading this over a long, detailed profile story. Corner Office is, in a way giving a more honest depiction of what the CEO is like instead of painting a rosy picture.

But aside from writing about prominent figures, I'm much more interested in covering ordinary people– especially those who don't have a voice. I've heard about day laborers standing under intense heat near Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro (just few minutes from Chapel Hill), hoping that a construction truck would pass by and pick them up for a paid job– for a day. Most day laborers are immigrants, documented and undocumented alike.  And because of their lack of English skills, fear of immigrant operations and the yearning to earn a decent living,   these laborers are often tricked into working without being paid.

I can totally picture how worried (AND over reacting) my mom would be if I told her that I'm interested in this topic and I'm going to spend days talking with the day laborers so that I could get their side of the story (though I'd really need a translator...) But this is how it'd work.