Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Writing the Lead Tuesday 1-17-12

1. News Lead- Summarizing the story in at most 2 senteces (who, what, where, when , why and how)
             
A 21 year old man named Sam Shahnazi was caught in a suspicious taxi cab robbery of some sort in Chicago Illinois. The 3 suspects' motive was unknown, but luckily Mr.Shahnazi was unhurt, and left with a riveting story to tell.

2. One fact lead- Start with the one most important or amazing fact

A man named Sam Shahnazi escaped from having a bullet from a shotgun take his life away.

3.Mysterious lead- Start with a quote or fact that doesn't make sense until you read more

When you ride a taxi and pay with another form than money, something has to be going on.

"They agreed and as they opened the sleeping bag to hand it to me, there was a shotgun sitting inside", Mr.Shahnazi explained.