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Course 192 · Lesson 05

The Art of the Opening: Writing the Lede

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News Lede vs Narrative Lede: Knowing the Difference

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There is an important difference between the lede of a travel story and the lede of a feature article in a newspaper. In a news feature, all the important points — the who, what, where, when, why, and how — appear in the first sentence or two, so that the reader gets the basic facts quickly. This is sometimes called the inverted pyramid: the most important information first, the supporting detail below.

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