<P> In American English journalism terminology, a nut graph is a paragraph, particularly in a feature story, that explains the news value of the story . The term is also spelled as nut graf, nut' graph, nutgraph, nutgraf . It is a contraction of the expression nutshell paragraph, i.e., "in a nutshell" paragraph, dated at least to the 19th century . Sometimes the expression nut paragraph is also used . Writing a nut graph is called nutshelling and the writers are called nutshellers . </P> <P> In most news stories, the news style of writing is used, and the essential facts of a story are included in the lead, the first sentence or two of the story . For example, a story about crime statistics written in news style might start out with a lead like: "Violent crime is down in Anytown, but shoplifting is soaring, according to statistics released by the Anytown Police Department Tuesday ." Good leads try to answer who, what, when, where, why, and how as quickly as possible . </P>

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