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What Does T he Inverted Pyramid Principle Say?

What Does T he Inverted Pyramid Principle Say?. The inverted pyramid principle says you should put your most important point at the top of the article, followed by your next most important point, and so on, in diminishing order of importance. There!!!. A Little Bit o f History.

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What Does T he Inverted Pyramid Principle Say?

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  1. What Does The Inverted Pyramid Principle Say? The inverted pyramid principle says you should put your most important point at the top of the article, followed by your next most important point, and so on, in diminishing order of importance.

  2. There!!!

  3. A Little Bit of History • Newspapers still use this principle today, but where did it come from? • Many historians say that the inverted pyramid was invented by 19th century wartime reporters, who sent their stories by telegraph. • They wanted the most crucial information to get through first, just in case the transmission was interrupted.

  4. Why editors use the • In order to cut a story when necessary to make it fit into the paper.

  5. Why write as the reader wants it? • People nowadays are busy. • Busy people expect writers to get to the meat quickly, or else they’ll find something else to read. Simple!

  6. That’s it!!! News writing is about telling a story quickly and concisely

  7. Ok, Letz do it again! • News writing has its own structure. It’s called the inverted pyramid. • This upside down triangle serves as a guide for how you include information in the story. • Using the inverted pyramid means starting with the most important information, then putting the next most important info and so on. • It can also serve as a guide for writing each paragraph in the story. • Start with the most important point, then the next most important and so on.

  8. How it Helps Having the most important information at the top meant that readers always got the essential parts of the story.

  9. Writing The Facts Another way to think of the inverted pyramid is that you start with the facts and then add the background.

  10. So, how do you add the background info? It’s Easy  • You can use the 6Ws. Strictly speaking, there aren’t six Ws, there are actually 5Ws and 1H. • That mnemonic reminds us to include the who, where, what, why, when and how of a story.

  11. Why is this so? • Think about how you tell a story to your friends. • You might say: • ‘You’ll never believe WHO I just saw!’ Then you might go on to tell the story of • wherethe person was, • whatthey were doing, and • whyit’s scandalous.

  12. People Love Stories!!! • We all want to hear about people – and that’s what news is about. • Look at any news story and you will see that all of this information is in the first two paragraphs. • Anything after that is background to the story.

  13. Source • http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-art-of-writing-news/ Thank You

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