The Inverted Pyramid
Designed to make the details" increasingly dull
and/or less meaningful to the reader
and/or less meaningful to the reader
Why?
The inverted pyramid structure
was developed to transmit information
via the telegraph
with
The most important information first
("Unsinkable" Titanic sinks)
("Unsinkable" Titanic sinks)
Followed by the casualties
(1,614 lost - 710 saved )
Witness quotes
(Hit iceberg)
(Not enough lifeboats)
(Sank in less three hours)
(Sank in less three hours)
Next
Official response
Now what?
In short, a newspaper "story" is not!
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