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{{DISPLAYTITLE:{{#if:{{#titleparts:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|-1}}|{{#titleparts:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|-1}}/|{{NAMESPACE}}:}}Pillars of ''Wikinews'' writing}}
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(contracted; show full)|headline]] tells the most important and unique thing about the focus of the article.  Then the [[WN:lede|lede]] captures the essence of the article by succinctly answering as many as reasonably possible of the [[WN:basic questions|basic questions]] about the focus.  The lede should show the focus is newsworthy.  After the lede, later paragraphs proceed in [[WN:inverted pyramid|inverted pyramid]] style.  The inverted pyramid arrangement of the later paragraphs, especially, has lots of room for variation.


:: The headline, lede, and body of the article should all have the same focus.⏎
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* Each article is '''written for an international audience'''.

:: Our global readership might not recognize the name of the person, or city, or sports team, or the organization acronym you refer to.  So you need to explain (succinctly, if it's the lede, yet more in the headline) things like what profession the person is in, what sport the teams plays, what country the city is in or team or person is from.  Don't assume the reader is already familiar with, say, a sensational criminal case, either; they can look up details later (hopefully, on ''Wikinews''&nbsp;:-), but tell them enough that they won't be confused now.

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