The 5 W's is used in almost every article in a newspaper. It is used by journalists as a formula for getting the "full story." They are usually at the beginning of an article.
This is done for two reasons:
1: To grab the reader's attention so they continue reading on.
2: If the article needs to be cut down the 5 W's won't be cut out of the article because the vital information (5 W's) will be at the top of the article.
In the following post I'm going to use 5 random examples from different news stories from the BBC.
In the following post I'm going to use 5 random examples from different news stories from the BBC.
This is an example of a newspaper article including all the 5 W's:
Click here to see the full article:
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