Leding Lines
Know Your Oregon
Feature Writing 101
Be My Guest (Speaker)
School's Out for Summer
100
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness."
What is "Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens?
100
This is the school Oregon's newest football coach last coached at.
What is South Florida?
100
What/when are some of the things/times a feature needs to attribute when writing a story?
A reporter should attribute a quote or a paraphrase or a fact any time it is opinionated, controversial, emotional, or not considered to be a widely held belief--and always attribute a direct quote.
100
He was one of the first little people to run the Boston Marathon.
Who is John Young?
100
There is a photo of this celebrity at Prince Pucklers.
Who is Barack Obama?
200
"Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
What is "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" by J.K. Rowling?
200
The day the solar eclipse will occur in Oregon.
What is August 21?
200
When writing a profile, it is something a writer wants to get out of his or her subject.
What is personal motivation?
200
She is a former Register-Guard intern who will be working at the Wall Street Journal this summer.
Who is Francesca Fontana?
200
Her latest news story has to do with edible insects.
Who is Paige?
300
Bonus: The writer of this lede.
Who is ????
300
The new name for Dunn Hall.
What is Unthank Hall?
300
Explain the value of a nut graph in a feature story.
It helps to establish the 'So What?' of a story.
300
She covers food and wine for the San Jose Mercury News.
Who is Mary Orlin?
300
After graduation she'll be traveling to a European country -- and if all goes right she'll be telling tell her stories to a waiting public once she returns home.
Who is Sheridan?
400
"In the great green room, there was a telephone and a red balloon."
What is "Goodnight Moon" by Margaret Wise Brown?
400
The writer of this lede.
Who is ...?
400
Three types of feature ledes we have discussed in class.
What are but/contrast, anecdotal, and scene-setting?
400
He is the publisher of The Oregon Quarterly?
Who is George Evano?
400
He's living the dream--covering a Major League Baseball team this summer.
Who is Jarrid?
500
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen."
What is "1984" by George Orwell?
500
The incoming Provost of the University of Oregon.
Who is Jayanth R. Banavar, a distinguished physicist and dean at the University of Maryland, will join the University of Oregon this summer as provost and senior vice president?
500
Bonus question: Who wrote the following lede to this story?
Who is ????
500
The writer of this lede.
Who is ...?
500
The writer of the following lede.
Who is...?
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