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by luna gonima 6 years ago

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story forms

News stories can be organized using various structures and formats, each serving different purposes and styles. One common method is the inverted pyramid, ideal for breaking news, where the most important information is presented at the top, followed by details in descending order of significance.

story forms

definition

ways in wich news are organize

story forms

constructing stories

the end
usually comes full circle

by using

a quote or anecdote from the person in the lead development of something mentioned in the beginning of the story.

in the body or middle
the lead can be anecdotal, descriptive or narrative.

followed by

a focus graph – nut graph – that gives the main point of the story.

story structures

question answer format
we used in

interviews

its structure

it beggins with a question and then is answering

sections technique
is dvided in

sections,like chapters

the list
is usefull for

investigations

is compose by

bullet points

Hourglass estruture
how to recognze it?

The hourglass form can start like the inverted pyramid, giving the most important hard-news information in the top of the story.

whats the diffrence?

hourglass tuture contains chronological storytelling for a part or for the rest of the story. This approach also works for broadcast news.

The wall street journal formula
how to recognize it

It startS with a soft lead, focusing on a person, scene or event.

what is its structure?

Goes from the specific to the general, starting with a paragraph about a person, place or event that illustrates the main point of the story.

Inverted pyramid
When do you use it ?

For breaking news. But it is only one of several ways to write news.

structure

the most important information at the top of the story, followed by supporting points in descending order of importance.