For the follow-up discussion to this week's lecture, please use the comments section to post URLs to 3 to 5 leads you think work well. Use the next thread to post 1 or 2 you think are weak.
To get started, here are five that really sucked me into the stories:
1. The Marriage Cure
2. My Addicted Son
3. Tiger Woods British Open
4. Crandon house demolition
5. Black hole
These are all media examples, but don't limit yourselves to that. Feel free to look for speeches, letters, reviews, anything.
9 comments:
I've found a few leads that caught my eye. They all happen to be newspaper articles online.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/science/24angi.html?_r=1&ref=science&oref=slogin
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/26/fashion/26SKIN.html?ref=health
http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/la-fi-laptops26-2008jun26,0,4126383.story
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=764851
I thought this one was a very good summary lead:
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/293826
I believe this one is significant detail:
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/293815
This one is anecdotal, because it's funny, and that's what separates anecdotes and stories, correct?:
http://www.madison.com/wsj/home/local/293815
Scene-setter:
http://www.urb.com/features/1042/TheRootsStayAlive.php
good summary lead:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/sports/soccer/30euro.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/travel/29hours.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/movies/29scot.html
These articles were quite interesting, with very "different" (in some cases) but good beginnings:
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/politics/2007/12/06/why-congress-needs-more-scientists.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/24/science/24angi.html?ref=science
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/opinion/27aamodt.html?em&ex=1214884800&en=9b34d24b60bc382e&ei=5087%0A
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/opinion/29sun4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion&oref=slogin
This was a decent summary lead:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/30/news/economy/gas/index.htm?eref=rss_topstories
Not exactly sure what kind of lead this is, but I kind of liked the first sentence:http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/30/calif.wildfires.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Another good summary lead:http://www.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUSL2929163._CH_.2400
I would say this is a bit anecdotal, but I'm not sure it fits there...http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/us/politics/30swift.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1214830649-pzJwsi4w222vE4FMBIEOfw
I had to read a columnist for school and he definitely caught my attention. I just love the way he writes.
www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/story/574643.html
www.miamiherald.com/living/columnists/leonard_pitts/story/565679.html
This one was in the new york times and it started w/ a rhetorical question to grab reader's attention.
www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/science/01obslee.html?ref=science
i don't know why it says yuri, but yeeeeah, that's me (jiwon) who posted that...it was weird, but I think I fixed it.
good voice
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/fashion/03Cyber.html?ref=style
good summary lead
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/dogs-attack-90-year-old-on-staten-island/
definately keeps you reading..
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html
Sorry for the late post but I thought these were interesting:
BBC News
Candidates and Poker
Taiwan/Chinese tourists
Soccer by Ives (so its a blog but it was good)
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