JOUR 61

Leads Exercise #3

1. Write an immediate identification lead of 35 words or less using the following facts:

Who: Chevy Chase, actor and comedian

What: appointed to board of trustees

When: yesterday

Where: Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Why: He is a famous alumnus.

2. Assume you are writing for a newspaper near the accident. Write a hard news lead for this afternoon's paper based on the following set of facts:

Who: Amtrak train called the Colonial

What: Collided with three Conrail locomotives on a switch that merges four tracks into two.

When: 1:30 p.m., yesterday

Where: Near Chase, Md.

Why: Larry Chase, Amtrak spokesman: The Conrail diesels, like Amtrak, were northbound. The Conrail had apparently run a stop sign.

Other: At least 15 people dead, 175 injured. Worst accident in Amtrak's history.