Rebecca Allen points out the differences between the two story forms in an archived Nieman Storyboard post. The ledes may be identical, but after that: "In a news feature, the writer would let the reader know what is new with Hortense, something like: Miller can’t go into her garden these days. Since she broke her hip while showing the garden, she uses a wheelchair. But in a narrative, the writer withholds how the story turns out and instead goes back to the beginning."
February 2, 2014