abandon Inverted pryramid

Some critics argue that newspapers should abandon the inverted pyramid news story structure. They say that television and radio deliver news much faster than newspapers, therefore, newspapers should not be as concerned with getting information to readers quickly as with getting more complex and accurate information. What do you think?

I believe the inverted pyramid news story structure is the most effective way to grab reader’s attention. It delivers the news story as it should be: the core of the story on the top. Living in such a rapid paced society people do not have or make enough time to read an entire article, but they still like to be informed on what’s going on. This is why having the story be unfolded on the top with 5 most important elements: who, what, when and where is the most successful way to maximize the information reader absorbs. The inverted pyramid structure could be easily read by any type of audience, people always on the rush, to people with a short attention spam.

It is true that television and radio delivers news much faster than newspapers, but at the end of the day most people like to get informed by the newspaper because newspaper are portrayed as a more reliable source. At least, I tend to trust a news story more if I read it from the newspaper than if it was reported on television, the newspaper seems to be more formal and reliable.

Who says that because the information is structure from more important to least important is not complex or accurate? As a matter a fact, if the most important information is placed at the begging of the story, we know that the rest of the article is just extra or repeated information to make the story more interesting. In today’s media it is more effective to communicate information with the most important aspects first. Everything around is cut by every minute.