A News Story

PRINT JOURNALISM 4(1+3)

A News Story

A News story has three parts they are,

  1. The Headline
  2. The First Paragraph
  3. The Remainder of the Story

*The Headline first attracts us. It stands out in the bold black type .it tells us quickly what the story covers. Its primary function is it attracts our attention.

*The First Paragraph (or) Lead: It would be difficult to overstate the importance of the lead. Lead remains the primary concern of the newspaper writer. In any form of writing the writer tries to put his best food.

In any modern newspaper today one will find that by glancing at the headlines and through each lead will get all the important news. A good lead is required to:

  • It summarizes the story for the reader.
  • It identifies the story concerned.

The Inverted pyramid
This refers to the style of journalism which places the most important facts at the beginning and works “down” from there. Ideally, the first paragraph should contain enough information to give the reader a good overview of the story. The rest of article expands and explain on the beginning.

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