Bloomberg 4-paragraph lead

• Headline: no more than 62 characters

• Theme: what and why (or sometimes the “what and so what”)

• Details: information that backs up the theme or more essential facts (where, when, why etc)

• Quotation: a statement from an authoritative source

• Nutshell paragraph: what’s at stake? why should people care about this story?

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.