The Newspaper Lead Charles Yang Fall Semester 2008

The Newspaper Lead

Charles Yang

Fall Semester 2008

Fall Semester 2007 By Charles Yang

English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

Introduction



Diagram of the organization of the typical short story

Introduction

Facts

Climax



Diagram of the structure for a typical news story

Lead or Climax

Important Facts

Unimportant Facts



Different types of newspaper leads

The Summary Lead

The Delayed Lead

The “Who” Lead

The “ What” Lead

The “When” Lead

The “Where” Lead

The “why” Lead

The “ How” Lead

The Descriptive Lead

The Contrast Lead

The Quotation Lead

The Question Lead

The Suspended-Interest Lead

The Personal Lead



The Summary Lead

Harold R. Long, manager of the Burger Mart, 2490 Cumberland Ave. ,was robbed of $ 2 866 by a lone gunman who stepped out of the shadows and pointed a gun at him just as Long was about to drop the canvas bank bag containing the money into the night depository slot at the Westside branch of the First National Bank a few minutes after midnight.

Who

Harold R. Long

What

A holdup

When

Just after midnight

Where

Westside branch of the First National Bank

Why

To get money

How

By force and with gun



The Summary Lead An out-of-control charter bus, carrying a

group of mentally-retarded and handicapped people home from a theater outing, hurtled into a lake near Montreal late yesterday, killing 41 of the 48 persons aboard.

Who

What

When

Where



The Summary Lead ---The Who Lead

Mayor Ralph Hardy was shot and critically wounded today by a former city employee who had been fired for leading a strike of sanitation workers.

At 27,China's world badminton champion Han Aiping is considering retirement. And she wants to win the Six World Championships starting in Jakarta this Week to wind up a glorious career.



The Summary Lead ---The Who Lead

An 83-year-old great-grandmother received a bachelor's degree from Southeastern University today, more than 50 years after she took her first college course.



The Summary Lead ---The “What” Lead

New safety regulations concerning air bag in automobiles were announced during a press conference in Washington, D. C. this morning.



The Summary Lead --- The “What” Lead

Over 100 coal mining projects with a total annual production capacity of 104. 13 million tons are being opened across China.



The Summary Lead ---The “What” Lead

An early spring storm dumped 18 inches of snow on the city in less than six hours last night.



The Summary Lead ---The “When” Lead

Midnight tonight is the deadline for filling your federal income tax return.




On June 1, China Daily will launch a North American edition. The new edition, which will be identical to those now published in Beijing and Hong Kong, will be printed in New York and distributed by mail and through agents in major cities in the United States and Canada.




At 7:42 p.m. today, a full lunar eclipse will be visible in most part of China, the Central Astronomical Station announced.



The Summary Lead ---The “Where” Lead

Highland Parkway and Ridge Road., the city's most dangerous intersection, claimed two more lives yesterday.



The Summary Lead ---The “Where” Lead

The Henley Street Bridge over the Tennessee River will be closed at 8 a. m. Friday, a State Highway official said today.

In the villa of the late prime minister another murder was revealed today, the city police official said.



The Summary Lead ---The “Why” Lead

Trying to pass another car while traveling at high speed brought serious injury to two men last night when their automobile overturned twice on Washington boulevard at Potter Avenue.



The Summary Lead ---The “Why” Lead

In an effort to meet demands of teachers for a 12 percent pay raise, City Council last night voted to increase property taxes.

A food shortage and a growing infringement on its habitat is turning the formerly shy Asian elephant into a more aggressive animal, and leading it into increasing contact with human society.



The Summary Lead ---The “How” Lead

Using more than 100 phony names, dozens of false Social Security cards and a string of post office boxes all over the state, a Madisonville woman managed to swindle the State Welfare Department out of $1 million in just 18 months.

Using rope ladders and a hydraulic crane, rescue Workers evacuated 787 passengers and crew from the cruise ship Sundancer after the ship ripped open its hull on jagged rocks near Duncan Bay.




Tying a large-balloon on his body, a boy of ten jumped down from the window of his house on the eighth floor, fortunately to be caught on a big tree.




Tying a large-balloon on his body, a-boy of ten jumped down from the window of his house on the eighth floor, fortunately to be caught on a big tree.




























Tying a large-balloon on his body, a boy of ten jumped down from the window of his house on the eighth floor, fortunately to be caught on a big tree.



DENVER, Colorado (AP) A lightning strike at a golf course driving range Saturday killed a man and injured his 16-year-old son, a fire depart ment spokeswoman said.



MUSA SADULAYEV, Associated Press Writer GROZNY, Russia-The Kremlin-backed president of Russia' s warring Chechnya (news-web sites) region was killed Sunday when an explosion tore through a stadium in the Chechen capital where he was attending Victory Day observances mark ing the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, officials said.



NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Teenagers who spend 3 hours a day or more in front of the television are at risk of developing sleep problems lat er in life, new research reports.



BEIJING (AFP) China hopes to launch its first lunar probe in December 2006, a year ahead of a previously-planned launch date, state media reported.



By EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer BANGKOK, Thailand-Asia' s bird flu death toll rose to 12 with the announcement Monday of two addi tional deaths, while China said it suspected the virus has reached poultry in one of its most remote corners.

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