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Monday, September 26, 2016

Special Lede Examples

EXAMPLES OF "SPECIAL LEDES" FOR FEATURE NEWS STORIES:

NARRATIVE LEDE

  • The Seattle Times “I Believe in Justice and Due Process. I Am My Father’s Daughter.”
  • The New York Times “Thailand Tourists: Coup? What Coup?”

CONTRAST LEDE

  • SavannahNOW: "The Scary Part is Over"
  • Washington Post: "Japan's Abe Greeted with Fanfare in China"
  • Salon.com “Open the Closets on Capitol Hill”
  • Time magazine “I Love Wine Camp”

STACCATO LEDE

  • Tucson Citizen "Kin of Victims Lash Out at 'Murdertainment'"
  • Orlando Sentinel "A Spot of Color Can Cure the Apartment Blahs"

DIRECT-ADDRESS LEDE

  • The Seattle Times “Beyond the Calm”

QUESTION LEDE

  • Wired.com “The Sweet Sound of Lapsed Time”

QUOTE LEDE

  • The New York Times “An Elephant Crackup”
  • The Seattle Times "A Simple Complex"
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