Lead Writing Exercise
Write a lead from the following information:
- Who: a nuclear weapon with a yield equivalent to 150,000 tons of TNT
- What: detonated
- Where: 40 miles from a meeting of pacificists and 2,000 feet beneath the surface of the Pahute Mesa in the Nevada Desert.
- When: Tuesday
- Why: N/A
- Other information: Dept. of Energy officials are the source; 450 physicians and peace activist were gathered to protest continued nuclear testing by the United States
Write a lead from the following information:
- Who: 7-year-old boy missing for three years
- What: found
- Where: in Brick Township, N.J.
- When: Monday night
- Why: N/A
- How: A neighbor recognized the child's picture when it was shown after the movie Adam: The Song Continues and called police.
- Other information: Police arrested the boy's mother, Ellen Lynn Conners, 27; she faces Alabama charges of kidnapping and interference with a custody warrant.
Write a lead from the following information:
- Who: Passengers
- What: evacuated from Northwest Airlines jet, flight 428.
- Where: at the LaCrosse, Wis., Municiple Airport.
- When: Monday following a flight from Minneapolis to LaCrosse.
- Why: A landing tower employee spotted smoke near the wheels.
- How: N/A
- Other information: There was no fire or injuries; the smoke was caused by hydraulic fluids leaking onto hot landing brakes, according to Bob Giddens, a Northwest spokesman.
