Jounalism

Inverted Pyramid:

The Lead- who & what
The Body- facts, direct quotes, & more facts
Conclusion- sometimes it's a direct quote

-Telegraph- invented in 1845 by Samuel Morse
-It was a new kind of writing (faster, more concise)
-Stories would be brief, for a national audience & without partisanship (without opinion, unbiased, & objective)
-forced objective news
-reading easier & faster
-enables the hurried reader to get all the important fafcts
-satisfies curiosity

Tips:
-put most important facts
-arrange the paragraphs in descending order of importance: chronological order
-requires the writer to rank the importance of info.

Lead:
-simple clear statement consisting of the 1st paragraph: 5 w's (what, where, when, who, why) and h (how)
-decide: so what? who cares?
-summary lead

Body:
-introduce additional info.
-elaborate on the info. presented in the lead
-introduce new info order of importance
-use only 1 new idea in each paragraph