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Opening paragraph, the most important part of a news story

LEAD

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News Lead is usually 1 / 2 sentence.

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NEWS LEAD SHOULD contain no more than 30/ 50 words

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WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT SHOULD BE ANSWERED BY LEAD?

WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY, HOW

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THE FIRST VERB IN THE LEAD SHOULD BE IN ACTIVE/ PASSIVE VOICE.

ACTIVE

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NEWS LEAD SHOULD BE 1/ 2 SENTENCE/S.

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ATTRIBUTION SHOULD BE PLACED AT THE BEGINNING/END OF THE LEAD.

END

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IF THE PERSON IS FAMOUS, THE REPORTER SHOULD WRITE THE NAME IN THE LEAD.  TRUE OR FALSE

TRUE

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IF THE PERSON IS NOT FAMOUS, THE REPORTER SHOULD WRITE HIS/HER NAME IN THE LEAD.  TRUE/ FALSE

FALSE

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Don’t start sentences with “there is” or “there are” IN LEAD.  TRUE/ FALSE

TRUE

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Health authorities HAD REPORTED/ REPORTED 43 new Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday......

REPORTED

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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

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South Korea IS/ HAS BEEN eyeing travel bubble agreements with Singapore, Thailand,

IS

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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

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PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIDE SUGA OR PRIME MINISTER said Wednesday vaccinations will be completed before

PRIME MINISTER YOSHIHIDE SUGA

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citizens  will allow   tours of fully  overseas vaccinated South  Korea group

South Korea will allow overseas group tours of fully vaccinated citizens

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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

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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.

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 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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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  

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The world has marked the first rise in child labour in TWO/ 2 decades

TWO 

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Back Wednesday from her debut international mission as US VICE PRESIDENT, / PRESIDENT OF US, Kamala Harris

US VICE PRESIDENT