Ms.
Gokturk
Journalism
Going
From Chronological to Inverted Pyramid:
The
5Ws and How in News Stories
DIRECTIONS:
Please read over this news story. Then, re-write it to follow the modern inverted
pyramid format. Be sure to
This
story appeared in The New York Times (April 17, 1865)
WAR
DEPT-WASHINGTON
April
15,
The
President continues insensible and is sinking. Secretary Seward remains without
change.
Frederick
Seward’s skull is fractured in two places, besides a severe cut upon the head.
The attendant is still alive, but helpless. MAJ. EDWARDS wound is not dangerous.
It
is now ascertained with reasonable certainty that two assassins were engaged in
the horrible crime, WILKES BOOTH being the one that shot the President, and the
other, a companion of his, whose name is not known, but whose description is so
clear that he can hardly escape. It appears from a letter found in Booth’s trunk that the murder was
planned before the 4th of March, but fell through then because the
accomplice backed out until “
One
of them has evidently made his way to
Before
you re-write, ask yourself: