Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Lede Writing Exercise: Hard News

1. Print: Three to four children in the United States die every day from child abuse or neglect, according to a survey released yesterday by the Child Abuse Prevention Center.
1. Online: Three to four children in the United States die every day from child abuse or neglect, according to a survey released yesterday.

2. Both: Police arrested nearly 150 people for protesting outside of a Milwaukee abortion clinic yesterday.

3. Print: A delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint yesterday when an armed man threatened his life in exchange for the food he was carrying.
3. Online: A delivery driver for was robbed at gunpoint yesterday for the Chinese dishes he was carrying.

4. Print: Smoke and flames woke a homeowner yesterday when a lit cigarette set fire to her Main Street home.
4. Online: A cigarette was responsible for a house fire resulting in $45,ooo in damages.

5. Print: Murders and violent crimes rose during the first three months of the year, according to a report released yesterday by the Texas Bureau of Investigation.
5. Online: Murders in Texas rose by more than half, according to a report released yesterday.

6. Print: A depleting ozone layer could lead to an increase in skin cancer, according to a report released by the United Nations Environment Program yesterday.
6. Online: A depleting ozone layer could lead to an increase in skin cancer, according to a report released yesterday.

7. Both: A woman was charged with attempted murder yesterday when she set fire to her wheelchair bound husband.

8. Print: Broadband users spend more time on the Internet than those with dialup, according to a recent survey released by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.
8. Online: Broadband users spend more time on the Internet than those with dialup, according to a recent survey.

9. Print: Princeton University is cracking down on grade inflation.
The university initiated a cap on the number of A’s allowed each semester.
Online: Princeton University is fighting grade inflation by limiting the number of A’s.

10. Both: Approximately 70 million Americans have trouble sleeping, according to a recent survey.

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