Featured

Featured implies to an article or a story that is the most prominent in a publication out of all the articles or stories published in that publication. They are not the same as news; the featured articles are written at a leisurely pace compared to news stories; authors put a lot of thought into the story and aren’t really worried about being the first like the authors of news-based articles are.

Featured articles may also be longer in length than news pieces, because it takes long to tell a story, the author often covers a great deal of insight than he/she covers in news articles. Also, news stories may be focused on particular events, such as the discovery of a new feature in an iPhone. Featured articles, on the other hand, are focused more on the product itself or some prolific individual, such as a jailbreak author.

Featured pieces incorporate human element, which is why they’re named as “people stories” by some editors. So if you read news about how Apple laid off 100 people from a certain assembly plant, a featured piece will focus on the job loss experience of one of those workers, and also portray their grief of losing their work. In addition, featured pieces will also incorporate some elements that are adopted from conventional storytelling – scene-setting, description, background information and quotes.

UnlockBoot readers can find featured pieces in the featured category and often at the top of the home page. Our featured pieces contain expert insight on particular iDevices, apps, app developers, jailbreak authors, Apple executives and more. The publication also considers the most popular pieces that have a high number of social shares as featured pieces sometimes but this factor is a non-frequent determinant. Variety of featured articles are published on this website on a regular basis.