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News Writing – The Pyramid Online

Along with the Ws + H (who, what, where, when, why and how), the inverted pyramid style of news writing is as old as time. Part of the inverted pyramid’s enduring appeal is that it allows newspaper readers to get to facts of the story quickly. So how does  the pyramid work online? What if […]

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News Writing – Developing Structure

Here’s a tip from the school of the obvious – it helps if you understand what you are going be writing about before going anywhere near a keyboard. When you write the aim is for every idea to flow neatly into the next. You also don’t want to leave any holes in the story or […]

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