A reader replies to Executive Editor Julie Pace.

People have a tendency to tell stories chronologically. Newswriting style is not chronological. The inverted pyramid turns storytelling on its head. Picture an upside-down triangle: the broad base ...

Use the inverted pyramid to structure your story. This means placing all the important information first and making sure the less significant aspects of the story are ‘down the page’ or ...

They said that the manager drew a line down the side of an image of an inverted pyramid, and wrote "least important" at the bottom and "most important" at the top. He reportedly asked the new ...