1
Opening paragraph, the most important part of a news story
LEAD
News Lead is usually 1 / 2 sentence.
1
NEWS LEAD SHOULD contain no more than 30/ 50 words
30
WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE ANSWERED BY LEAD?
WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, HOW
THE FIRST VERB IN THE LEAD SHOULD BE IN ACTIVE/ PASSIVE VOICE.
ACTIVE
NEWS LEAD SHOULD BE 1/ 2 SENTENCE/S.
1
ATTRIBUTION SHOULD BE PLACED AT THE BEGINNING/END OF THE LEAD.
END
IF THE PERSON IS FAMOUS, THE REPORTER SHOULD WRITE THE NAME IN THE LEAD. TRUE OR FALSE
TRUE
IF THE PERSON IS NOT FAMOUS, THE REPORTER SHOULD WRITE HIS/HER NAME IN THE LEAD. TRUE/ FALSE
FALSE
Don’t start sentences with “there is” or “there are” IN LEAD. TRUE/ FALSE
TRUE
Health authorities HAD REPORTED/ REPORTED 43 new Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday......
REPORTED
Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said :WHERE WILL I PUT THESE NAMES IN THE LEAD-BEGINING OR END
END- BECAUSE THIS IS AN ATTRIBUTION
South Korea IS/ HAS BEEN eyeing travel bubble agreements with Singapore, Thailand,
IS
There is little hope of attracting Chinese travellers to Thailand under the sandbox scheme during Golden Week in October...IS THIS A GOOD LEAD?
NO
PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIDE SUGA OR PRIME MINISTER said Wednesday vaccinations will be completed before
PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIDE SUGA
citizens will allow tours of fully overseas vaccinated South Korea group
South Korea will allow overseas group tours of fully vaccinated citizens
infections/ discovered / Thailand/ a total of 2,680/ daily Covid-19/ with 35 additional deaths
Thailand discovered a total of 2,680 daily Covid-19 infections with 35 additional deaths
FDA-approved Covid-19 / vaccines/ Private hospitals and local governments/ officially allowed/ are/ vaccines/ to procure their own
Private hospitals and local governments are officially allowed to procure their own FDA-approved Covid-19 vaccines.
announced/ , June 9th/ The Chonburi Department of Public Health/ 40 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today/
The Chonburi Department of Public Health announced 40 new and confirmed cases of Covid-19 today, June 9th.
vaccination campaign/ visited/ The Thai Minister of Justice the Pattaya Remand Prison/ for prisoners and officers
The Thai Minister of Justice visited the Pattaya Remand Prison vaccination campaign for prisoners and officers.
COPENHAGEN: (PLACELINE/ BYLINE) Separated for 1,000 years, two Viking warriors from the same family were reunited on Wednesday at Denmark's National Museum.
PLACELINE
The UN's/ un's special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar has warned of "mass deaths" from starvation and disease in the wake of fighting
UN's
malaysia is expecting deliveries of astrazeneca covid-19 vaccines. HOW SHOULD WE WRITE THE FIRST LETTER OF THE NAMES? BIG LETTER OR SMALL LETTER.
BIG LETTER
The world has marked the first rise in child labour in TWO/ 2 decades
TWO
Back Wednesday from her debut international mission as US VICE PRESIDENT, / PRESIDENT OF US, Kamala Harris
US VICE PRESIDENT