Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Writing Basic News Leads


1) Lead: A man was killed this morning upon striking a fire truck with his van at a Rock Hill intersection.

   Nut Graph: At 7:10am, Charles R. Lydon died at the intersection of Post Road and Rollins Avenue after colliding with a fire engine reportedly responding to an emergency call.  Lydon was driving north on Post Road at an estimated 40 mph before the crash concerning two firemen.  The condition of the firemen as well as who was at fault has yet to be determined.
2) Lead:  Bigger cars may mean a safer drive according to the Highway Loss Data Institute.
  
   Nut Graph: The Highway Loss Data Institute, a company branch of the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, released studies today to D.C. concerning the safety advantages in driving a station wagon or van.  According to the report, small, two-door model vehicles earn injury repair frequencies and repair losses at a 30% higher rate than large cars, receiving 40 to 50% better claims.

3)  Lead:  Is an all-American food too dangerous for your children?
  
   Nut Graph:  The Journal of the American Medical Association featured an article today on why hot dogs are a choking hazard to children under the age of four.  According to the article, an American chokes to death from a bite of this old-standby every five days.  

4)  Lead:  Family holds funeral for the wrong body after a morgue mix-up

  Nut Graph:  51-year-old Kristine Belcuore died last week to a heart attack.  Her family hosted a funeral on Saturday with over 100 friends/ family members without the understanding that the morgue proposed a month-dead, unclaimed corpse in place of Mrs. Belcuore.  Employees, in apology claim that someone must have misread a tag.  

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