Sunday, September 16, 2007

Leads Exercise #1

Lead #1

Cha-Ching! $150,000 awarded to local couple for injuries acquired during traffic accident.

Lead #2

The first of many snowstorms is expected to hit the Sierras today.

Lead #3

Raging fire roars through apartment building - injuring three firefighters.

2 comments:

camccune said...

#1 - love the cha-ching, but what follows sounds like a headline, not a lead. It's also missing some of the 5Ws/1H, notably the when and where.

#2 works just fine; #3 has the same problem as #1. Make it a lead sentence, not a CNN headline.

Jen said...

#1 Cha-Ching! Yesterday at Butte County Court a local couple was awarded $150,000 after suffering injuries in a traffic accident last March.

#3 Today's fire in the six-story builing at 204 Union Ave. caused the evacuation of 41 families and the injuries of three firefighters.