Writing a News Report
Inverted Pyramid Style
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| 1. | Focus on answering the questions: Who, What, Where, When, Why and How. (5W and H) | ||
| 2. | The Lead should be interesting and include the most compelling information. | ||
| 3. | The Important Facts and Facts sections should profile decreasingly important facts. | ||
| 4. | The Fact sections should include interesting quotations. | ||
| 5. | The Fact sections should include statistics if available. | ||
| 6. | The entire report should be written in short paragraphs of two to three sentences each. | ||