The Inverted Pyramid News-Writing Formula

question 36

Multiple Choice

The inverted pyramid news-writing formula

• A) developed as an adaptation to the digital news environment.
• B) tells a story in an entertainment format.
• C) begins a story with the most important information.
• D) begins with teasers and ends with the most important information.

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Definitions:

Marginal Revenue

The increase in revenue that results from selling one more unit of a product.

Imperfect Competition

A market structure characterized by the presence of several competing firms but which lack the conditions of perfect competition, often leading to market power.

Implicit Cost

The monetary income a firm sacrifices when it uses a resource it owns rather than supplying the resource in the market; equal to what the resource could have earned in the best-paying alternative employment; includes a normal profit.

Forgone Rent

The potential income lost by choosing to use a property or resource in a way that is not financially optimal, such as using land for personal use instead of renting it out.