STRUCTURE OF

NEWS
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ARE WRITTEN
USING THE INVERTED PYRAMID FORMAT.
Most newsworthy info
Who, What, Where, When, Why, How

Important Details
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gener
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REASONS FOR THE INVERTED
TRIANGLE STRUCTURE
• It makes reading easier and faster.
• It enables the hurried reader to get all the important
facts in a very short period of time.
• Satisfies curiosity in a logical way, as it makeup
easier.
• It makes the work of the editor easier.
PARTS OF THE
NEWS
HEADLINE
• This is a short, attention-getting statement about
the event.
• It capsulizes the first paragraph.
BYLINE
• It indicates the name of the writer or writers of
the news article.
LEAD PARAGRAPH
• This contains the major who, what, where, when, why and how in
it.
• The writer should choose the answers that bear the most
significant element.

MAJOR DETAILS
• For the beginner, the one-sentence-equivalent-
to-one-paragraph rule should be strictly
followed.
THE LEAD
LEAD
• Is the story’s opening sentence or two.
• It is a rule of thumb that the lead in a news
story need not be too long.
• “A lead should be a miniskirt, short enough
to be attractive, but long enough to cover
the essentials.”
CLASSIFICATIONS
OF LEAD
SUMMARY LEAD
•It answers the five W’s and one H.
•The story is presented using the
inverted triangle.
THE GRAMMATICAL BEGINNING LEAD

• Still gives emphasis on the logical

importance of the major details; however,
it is also equally concerned with its
grammatical structure.
UNORTHODOX LEAD OR NOVELTY LEAD

• Best used to attract the reader’s attention to

arouse curiosity and to sustain interest.
• It is used in writing a news feature or a
feature story.