The Newspaper Lead

Charles Yang Fall Semester 2008

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

Diagram of the organization of the typical short story

Introduction

Facts

Climax

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

Diagram of the structure for a typical news story

Lead or Climax

Important Facts

Unimportant Facts

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

Different types of newspaper leads

The Who Lead

The What Lead

The Summary Lead

The When Lead The Where Lead The why Lead

The How Lead

The Descriptive Lead The Contrast Lead

The Delayed Lead

The Quotation Lead The Question Lead The Suspended-Interest Lead The Personal Lead

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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.
Fall Semester 2007

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

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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.
By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

Fall Semester 2007

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The When Lead

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

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The When Lead

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.
By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

Fall Semester 2007

The Summary Lead ---The When Lead

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

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The Where Lead

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

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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.
By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

Fall Semester 2007

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.
Fall Semester 2007 By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The How Lead

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The How Lead

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The How Lead

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The How Lead

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The How Lead

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The How Lead

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The How Lead

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The How Lead

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

The Summary Lead ---The How Lead

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

MUSA SADULAYEV, Associated Press Writer GROZNY, Russia-The Kremlinbacked 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 marking the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, officials said.
By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

Fall Semester 2007

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 later in life, new research reports.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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.

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College

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

Fall Semester 2007

By Charles Yang English Dept. Zhanjiang Educational College