1. 1 Beyond the inverted pyramid Matching the method to the meaning Week 4

2. 2 Why the inverted pyramid? Hook readers Save them time Judicious use of space/time available

3. 3 Other formats When time/space allow Present information more clearly Individualize complex stories

4. 4 Narration techniques Scene recreation Anecdotes Foreshadowing Dialogue

5. 5 Narration (Exposition – the inverted pyramid – is ordering the facts) Telling a story Moves chronologically Uses narration techniques to tell story

6. 6 Scene re-creation Vivid description Details Use all the senses

7. 7 Dialogue Conversation between two or more people Writer disappears

8. 8 Foreshadowing Hints at what’s coming Television news cast teasers “The worst was yet to come” “And that’s not the half of it”

9. 9 Anecdotes Stories within stories Remember anecdotes more than the lecture?

10. 10 Modifying the inverted pyramid Service journalism –News you can use –How to do something –How to get more information What does the reader need to act on this information?

11. 11 Modifying the inverted pyramid News narrative –Use narration (story telling) to set the hook –Then goes to a regular news story –Sometimes goes back to narration (chronology)

12. 12 Modifying the inverted pyramid Focus –Single individual to represent a group –Begin with set up (individual) –Transition to larger issue –Report on larger issue –Return to the individual

13. 13 Focus –Use other techniques Foreshadowing So what Other opinions Sprinkle in anecdotes, scenes and dialogue