In class we had to write news leads based on prompts that Ms. Cullar gave to us. As far as writing generic summary leads, I thought it was fairly simple. The only hard thing about writing leads in the inverted pyramid stye for me was that I always want to make them into headlines. I want to entice the readers to read the rest, not inform them of everything from the get go. Other than that I found it fairly simple.

Yes, I can better recognize the inverted pyramid in the newspaper. It makes a whole lot more sense why I never want to read to the end of the article. All of the important information is at the beginning and the filler is at the end. I get bored.

In class we discussed other people’s lead sentences. This was helpful because I now have a better understanding of what my classmates found as news worthy. Additionally, it was beneficial to hear the way they worded their leads versus the way I worded mine.