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Five Ws

The Five Ws is a checklist used in journalism to ensure that the lead contains all the essential points of a story. As far back as 1913, reporters were taught that the lead should answer these questions about the situation being reported:

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Origins in antiquity

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Origins in antiquity

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Five Ws

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Triples32
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.043478
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related to Origins in antiquity · 24
Five Ws → Although, Aquinas, Aristotle, Aristotle's, Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Article, Circumstances, Ethics, Greece, Hermagoras, Human Acts, In What, Of, Primarily, Q7, Septem Circumstantiae, Summa Theologiae, Temnos, The Five Ws, Thomas Aquinas
related to Use outside of journalism · 7
Five Ws → BADIR, In, In England, Key Stage, Militaries, Wales, Ws
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Five Ws → checklist used in journalism to ensure that the lead contains all the essential points of a story

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Five Wsrelated to Origins in antiquityAristotle's Nicomachean Ethics0.60section
Five Wsrelated to Origins in antiquitySeptem Circumstantiae0.60section
Five Wsrelated to Origins in antiquityThomas Aquinas0.60section
Five Wsrelated to Origins in antiquityAristotle0.60section
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