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(what) to death on a country road south of here today (where) (when) by political terrorists, who also wounded one of
The killings called into doubt statements by the Government that it had crippled terrorist organizations through arrests of key leaders. (Paragraph 2--- to supplement “why” by raising doubt about the government) Two leftist terrorist groups, Front Line and Fighting Formations for Communism, both took responsibility for the killings. Both are related to the Red Brigades terrorist organization. (Para. 3--- to specify “who” is the assassinator)
Anwar Sadat Assassinated at Cairo Military Review CAIRO,October7-Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, a modern-day pharaoh who attempted to lead the Arab world toward a permanent Mideast peace with Isreal, was assassinated yesterday by a band of soldiers who attacked a military parade reviewing stand with automatic rifles and hand grenades. Note that a great deal of information is included in a single sentence.The writer has organized the sentence around the subject(Egyptian President Anwar Sadat)and main verb(was assassinated) very carefully.
The official who was killed, Fedele Calvosa 59 years old, was chief prosecutor for Froninone, an area south of Rome, and was deputy prosecutor for Rome. He was on his way to work when his car was ambushed. The two other victims were Giuseppe Pagleil, 29, Mr Calvosa’s bodyguard, and Luciano rossi, 24, his driver. (Para4---to make clear the identity of the assassinated “who”)
Lead
According to journalism experts of old times, a lead must answer 5 W’s and 1 “H”. 5 “W”---when?where?who?what?why? H---how? Advantage: Such kind of lead---concrete and complete---enables the readers to catch the main facts. Disadvantage: it puts too many contents together, failing to give prominence to the key points and creating suspense.
Functions of a Lead
1. To tell the main points of a piece of news in concise language 2. To lead readers to the theme or subject of the news 3. To arouse the readers’ interest
The Newspaper Lead
The first paragraph of a news story is called the lead. It almost always gives you the story's main topic and most important facts. When you read a newspaper lead sentence, try to find the subject and main verb and note how the rest of the sentence adds information to the subject and main verb.
Reformed Lead
Leabharlann Baidu
Since 1950s, all-in-one lead was no longer the golden rule. A journalist may only stress one or two key elements in the lead and put the other in the body.
The Inverted Pyramid Form 倒金字塔式
The facts are arranged in the order of descending importance, the climax and conclusion coming the first.
Containing most important or most Interesting information More facts
Supporting information or background Quotes or more facts of lesser importance Minor details
Least significant information
examples
ROME,Nov.8---A provincial prosecutor, his (who) driver and his bodyguard were machinegunned
The killings called into doubt statements by the Government that it had crippled terrorist organizations through arrests of key leaders. (Paragraph 2--- to supplement “why” by raising doubt about the government) Two leftist terrorist groups, Front Line and Fighting Formations for Communism, both took responsibility for the killings. Both are related to the Red Brigades terrorist organization. (Para. 3--- to specify “who” is the assassinator)
Anwar Sadat Assassinated at Cairo Military Review CAIRO,October7-Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, a modern-day pharaoh who attempted to lead the Arab world toward a permanent Mideast peace with Isreal, was assassinated yesterday by a band of soldiers who attacked a military parade reviewing stand with automatic rifles and hand grenades. Note that a great deal of information is included in a single sentence.The writer has organized the sentence around the subject(Egyptian President Anwar Sadat)and main verb(was assassinated) very carefully.
The official who was killed, Fedele Calvosa 59 years old, was chief prosecutor for Froninone, an area south of Rome, and was deputy prosecutor for Rome. He was on his way to work when his car was ambushed. The two other victims were Giuseppe Pagleil, 29, Mr Calvosa’s bodyguard, and Luciano rossi, 24, his driver. (Para4---to make clear the identity of the assassinated “who”)
Lead
According to journalism experts of old times, a lead must answer 5 W’s and 1 “H”. 5 “W”---when?where?who?what?why? H---how? Advantage: Such kind of lead---concrete and complete---enables the readers to catch the main facts. Disadvantage: it puts too many contents together, failing to give prominence to the key points and creating suspense.
Functions of a Lead
1. To tell the main points of a piece of news in concise language 2. To lead readers to the theme or subject of the news 3. To arouse the readers’ interest
The Newspaper Lead
The first paragraph of a news story is called the lead. It almost always gives you the story's main topic and most important facts. When you read a newspaper lead sentence, try to find the subject and main verb and note how the rest of the sentence adds information to the subject and main verb.
Reformed Lead
Leabharlann Baidu
Since 1950s, all-in-one lead was no longer the golden rule. A journalist may only stress one or two key elements in the lead and put the other in the body.
The Inverted Pyramid Form 倒金字塔式
The facts are arranged in the order of descending importance, the climax and conclusion coming the first.
Containing most important or most Interesting information More facts
Supporting information or background Quotes or more facts of lesser importance Minor details
Least significant information
examples
ROME,Nov.8---A provincial prosecutor, his (who) driver and his bodyguard were machinegunned