Structure Analysis

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By Donna Baeck

The CNN story I read is about an ex-Michigan State gymnastics coach who was found guilty of lying to the police during the Larry Nassar scandal. 

The article seems to follow an inverted pyramid structure because it begins with the most newsworthy info and provides readers all the information they need to know about the story. The lede and nutgraf discuss how the gymnastics coach, Kathie Klages, failed to act on the complaints given by several victims about Nassar's sexual abuse. She was convicted of a felony count and misdemeanor count.

 I would say this article is inverted because it is organized into three parts- the important details, an account given by a former gymnast who testified against Klages, and a segment of what could have been prevented if Klages had acted upon the complaints. 

 The middle of the article discusses how Larissa Boyce, a former gymnast, had testified against Klages. Boyce had told the coach back in 1997 about what Nassar had done but Klages did not believe what she was told. The story becomes more narrow towards the bottom with more specific details. If a slice of the article at the bottom was cut out, the reader would still be able to make sense of the story.

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