This presentation reviews the answers to Exercise: Writing Leads 2 for Professor Linda Austin's JNL-1102 students at the National Management College, Yangon, Myanmar.

1. REVIEW OF EXERCISE:
WRITING LEADS 2
Due July 20, 2015
JNL-1102

2. U.S. District Judge Milton Shadur
Fined gallery owner Meryl Platt $6,000 and sentenced her to 30 days in jail.
today
Chicago
After she pled guilty to receipt of two stolen Buddha statues
The statues from Myanmar, worth $50,000 each, were found in her gallery.
CHICAGO -- An American gallery owner will serve 30 days in jail and
pay a $6,000 fine after pleading guilty to receiving $100,000 worth of
stolen Buddha statues from Myanmar.

3. 1. Accurate?
2. 30 words or
fewer?
3. Most important
facts 1st?
4. Strong, active
verb?
5. Attribution?
CHICAGO -- An
American gallery owner
will serve 30 days in jail
and pay a $6,000 fine
after pleading guilty to
receiving $100,000
worth of stolen Buddha
statues from Myanmar.
4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD
CHECKLIST LEAD
Direct lead

4. The Martin Marietta company
Postponed the launch of its Titan 3 rocket for one week
today
Not sure
Stiff winds
It will boost a Japanese satellite into Earth orbit. Fifth
postponement this month
Martin Marietta postponed Wednesday for a week the launch of its
Titan 3 rocket because of stiff winds.

5. 1. Accurate?
2. 30 words or
fewer?
3. Most important
facts 1st?
4. Strong, active
verb?
5. Attribution?
Martin Marietta
postponed Wednesday
for a week the launch of
its Titan 3 rocket
because of stiff winds.
4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD
CHECKLIST LEAD
Direct lead

6. A 3-year-old boy
Died in a hit-and-run accident
Monday night
Merchant Road, just west of Botahtaung Pagoda Road
Struck by hit-and-run driver
From head injuries
A 3-year-old boy died in a hit-and-run accident in Botahtaung
Monday night, police said.

7. 1. Accurate?
2. 30 words or
fewer?
3. Most important
facts 1st?
4. Strong, active
verb?
5. Attribution?
A 3-year-old boy died in
a hit-and-run accident in
Botahtaung Monday
night, police said.
4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD
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8. The Yangon Lions mascot’s uniform
Was stolen
Thursday or earlier
Not sure
Not sure
When an equipment bag was stolen with the 200,000 kyats uniform
Thieves took the Yangon Lions mascot’s uniform, worth about 200,000
kyats, Coach Miodrag Jesic said Thursday.

9. 1. Accurate?
2. 30 words or
fewer?
3. Most important
facts 1st?
4. Strong, active
verb?
5. Attribution?
Thieves took the Yangon
Lions mascot’s uniform,
worth about 200,000
kyats, Coach Miodrag
Jesic said Thursday.
4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD
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10. Three people in their 70s
Died in a house fire
Late Saturday
54th Street
One of them fell asleep while smoking in bed.
The wood house burned quickly.
Three people in their 70s died in a house fire on 54th Street
late Saturday after one fell asleep while smoking, a fire
official said.

11. 1. Accurate?
2. 30 words or
fewer?
3. Most important
facts 1st?
4. Strong, active
verb?
5. Attribution?
Three people in their 70s
died in a house fire on
54th Street late Saturday
after one fell asleep
while smoking, a fire
official said.
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12. The Yangon Regional Parliament
rejected a ban on plastic bags
Monday
in the parliament building in Dagon
not sure why it rejected MP U Kyaw Soe’s arguments
by a vote of 100 to 23 after pleas from MP U Kyaw Soe to protect
the environment
Yangon’s parliament rejected a ban on plastic bags Monday, despite one
member’s environmental pleas.

13. 1. Accurate?
2. 30 words or
fewer?
3. Most important
facts 1st?
4. Strong, active
verb?
5. Attribution?
Yangon’s parliament
rejected a ban on plastic
bags Monday, despite
one member’s
environmental pleas.
4 STEPS: WRITE THE LEAD
CHECKLIST LEAD
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