Monday, September 10, 2012

Inverted Pyramid Structure

The inverted pyramid structure is something used by proffesional journalists and other writers illustrate the placing of the most important information first within a text. It is a common method for writing news stories and is widely taught to journalism students.  The widest part at the top represents the most interesting and important information the writer means to convey, illustrating that this kind of material should head the article, while the tapering lower portion illustrates that other material should follow in order of diminishing importance.    

Journalism with the inverted pyramid structure, your writng will be more organized and will get people to keep reading your blog or article. If you don't use the pyramid structure, your stories will be not organized and people will not read your blog or article. It's like step by step, you're following steps so you can be a good journalist by following and using every step to be a great journalist.

I think that this concept is a little bit important because it helps you get more readers to follow you or read your article or blog. I will use this in my future work by putting the most important stories first and least important stories last.



Journalism: Who, What, When, Where, and How, James Glen Stovall, pg.124, 172-174, 199, 344, 176

1 comment:

  1. I liked your inverted pyramid pictures they were great.

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