JOUR
61
Leads Exercise
#4
For each of the following sets of facts, write the lead and second paragraph of a hard news story:
Who: 40 passengers
What: evacuated from a Northwest Airlines jet, Flight 428
Where: at the LaCrosse, Wis., Municipal Airport
When: today, following a flight from Minneapolis
Why: A landing tower employee spotted smoke near the wheels
How: N/A
From
the following set of facts, write the first two paragraphs
of a news story:
Who: 7-year-old
boy missing for three years
What: he
was found
Where: in Brick Township, N.J.
When: Monday
night
Why: N/A
How: a neighbor recognized the child's picture when it was shown after the movie Adam: The Song Continues and called the police
More: Police arrested the boy's mother, Ellen Lynn Conner, 27; she faces charges of kidnapping and interference with a custody warrant