The inverted pyramid has been used for years in journalism to create news stories, and for good reason. The art of front-loading content (giving the most important information up front) makes this ...

Journalism has a love-hate relationship with the inverted pyramid. Its supporters consider it a useful form, especially good for breaking news. The inverted pyramid, or at least its most substantial ...

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 ...

Developed more than a century ago to take advantage of a new communications technology, the inverted pyramid remains a controversial yet widely used method of reporting news and will have a future in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. If one looks deeply at the world of “fake news” one finds that much of ...