Week 3: Assignment

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Describe an inverted pyramid news story. What are the reasons that a journalist would use this structure for an article? Why do most feature stories not use this type of structure? Locate an online news story using your local news organization that uses the inverted-pyramid structure. Share this link with the class.

Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts by Day 7.