The Evolution of the Summary News Lead¶
Errico, M. (1997). The Evolution of the Summary News Lead. Media History Monographs, 1(1).
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- Inverted Pyramid
- Journalism. Wire-service and newspaper writing formalized the structure so editors could truncate by column space and telegraph readers paying by the word still got the news; the lede carries who/what/when/where/why/how, with context after.
This sourceHistorical account of how the summary lead and inverted-pyramid form developed in American journalism so stories could be truncated by editors and telegraph.
- Journalism. Wire-service and newspaper writing formalized the structure so editors could truncate by column space and telegraph readers paying by the word still got the news; the lede carries who/what/when/where/why/how, with context after.
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