When the Minuteman was in print, the feature section was the center of attention. From its color-heavy formatting, to its perfect placement as the newspaper’s center page, the section caught people’s eyes and welcomed them into fifteen minutes of interesting, related writing.

The move online, which brought a slew of positives, leveled the sectional playing field, and somewhat cheapened the former appeals of the feature section. No longer was it the only colored part of the newspaper, or placed in its most attractive place. It took a year for us to truly grasp how to “return feature to its glory” and find new ways of growing its unique mystique online. Consider this section our first attempt. We’ve chosen a topic that is not only appropriate given the issues we are grappling with as editors – technology – but also one that is easily relatable to the Newark Academy community.

This section is an introduction into the four-tiered approach that we will take to feature coverage in 2011: information, commentary, faculty input, and humor. Each will be represented in different capacities each issue, and explored in varying ways throughout the next dozen issues. Enjoy our first installment and feel free to offer any feedback you may have.

Feature Editors,
Cody Reid-Dodick ’13 and Alena Farber ’13