If you are supposed to be writing this as a newspaper reporter, the format really needs to be quite different from an essay.
First of all, you need to have a "lead" a first couple of short paragraphs that will get the reader's attention but will also tell them the main facts that they need to know about the trial. From there, you put the most important stuff first and go down to less important stuff. (Click on the link for more about this.)
So I would lead it off with something like
In the last two weeks (or however long it was) the trial of John Scopes has exposed the splits between the new America and its old traditions. The performances of Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan have shown that there are cracks forming on the issue of religion and values in our society.
Or maybe
John Scopes, a high school biology teacher from Dayton, TN, has been convicted of teaching evolution to his students. The legal genius of his lawyer, Clarence Darrow, could not prevent his conviction at the hands of the prosecutor, William Jennings Bryan.
From there I would go on with the other stuff, in that most-important-first order I talked about.
Good luck!
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