Resources for print story

 

Writing a lede:

http://training.npr.org/digital/leads-are-hard-heres-how-to-write-a-good-one/

Writing a nut graph:

https://www.poynter.org/news/nut-graf-part-i

 

So the classic story structure is typically something like this:

Lede

Nut graph

Body (lead quote followed by background info, another quote followed by more background info, etc.)

 

Ending/Kicker