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f rom hard news to feature

f rom hard news to feature. h ard news story vs. feature story h ard news • direct • summary • inverted pyramid • facts. h ard news story vs. feature story feature • narrative • detail • observation • facts • summary. h ard news lead rhyt hm 5 Ws. s ummarize. r hythm.

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f rom hard news to feature

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  1. from hard news to feature

  2. hard news story vs. feature story hard news • direct • summary • inverted pyramid • facts

  3. hard news story vs. feature story feature • narrative • detail • observation • facts • summary

  4. hard news lead rhythm 5 Ws

  5. summarize

  6. rhythm

  7. rhythm

  8. hard lead

  9. hard lead What are the rules? • 5 Ws • Identification (to ID or not) • Summarize

  10. soft lead • one of the 5 w’s • detail

  11. soft lead – New York Times

  12. soft leads observation

  13. soft leads Setting a scene

  14. soft leads detail a witty lead emerges from the story itself.

  15. soft leads

  16. soft leads ignore the rules … but make sure it works

  17. A different kind of story The hard lead (the w’s) A 32-year-old Miami woman shot and killed her husband yesterday in a Dade County suburb after an argument, police said.

  18. soft lead The man she loved slapped her face. Furious, she says she told him never, ever to do that again. “What are you going to do, kill me?” he asked, and handed her a gun. “Here, kill me,” he challenged. She did • meaningful detail

  19. Blackboard  Documents Shooting at Church’s

  20. soft leads Church’s chicken Jmikelyons.com > Schedule > Church’s chicken

  21. soft leads soft lead (the top narrow part) nut graf(recap – the wide part)

  22. A different kind of story Edna Buchanan on leads: (My) idea of a successful lead is one that could cause a reader who is breakfasting with his wife to "spit out his coffee, clutch his chest, and say, 'My god, Martha. Did you read this?"

  23. soft leads Gary Robinson died hungry. He had a taste for Church's fried chicken. He wanted the three-piece box for $2.19, plus tax. Instead he got three bullets.

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