Last Tuesday, a nuclear weapon with a yield equivalent to 150,000 tons of TNT was detonated 40 miles from where 450 physicians and peace activists had gathered to protest continued nuclear testing. The detonation occurred 2,000 feet beneath the surface of Pahute Mesa in the Nevada desert. Officials from the Department of Energy are the source of this information.

1. Exercise 4 - Writing a News Story
Objective: News writing is an art. It is usually a reporter who writes the news story and the sub-
editor edits it. Even though the newspaper is full of news stories, which are fair, impartial and
objective, each story needs a different approach. Writing /editing a news story being the primary
function of a journalist, exercise 4 tries to provide enough practical exposure to the beginner.
Worksheet
1. Write three different leads for each of the three LOCAL news
ideas you came up with. Since the exercise is to help you develop a
sense of which leads are most effective in certain situations, and
since you obviously haven't researched your story ideas yet, you
are free to "make up" what you need for the leads.
Answer:
There was an accident occurring in your city at 7:10 this morning at the intersection of Post Road
and Rollins Avenue. Charles R. Lydon was driving north on Post Road and proceeded to enter the
intersectioninhisvanata speedestimatedat40 mph. His van struck a fire engine responding to an
2. You are writing for a newspaper near this accident. Write a lead
for this afternoon’s paper.
WHO : Amtrak train called the Colonial
WHAT : Collided with three Conrail locomotives on a
switch that merges four tracks into two
WHEN : 1:30 p.m. yesterday
WHERE : Baltimore, Maryland
WHY : Larry Case, Amtrak spokesman: The Conrail diesels, like the
Amtrak, were northbound. The Conrail had apparently run a stop
sign.
OTHER : At least 15 dead, 175 injured. Worst accident in
Amtrak’s 132-year history.
Answer: At 1:30 pm yesterday, the

2. 3. From the following facts, write a lead.
(a) Who : a nuclear weapon with a yield equivalent to 150,000 tons
of TNT
What : detonated
Where : 40 miles from a meeting of pacifists and 2,000 feet beneath
the surface of Pahute Mesa in the Nevada desert
When : Tuesday
Why : to test the weapon
How : not applicable
Other information : Department of Energy officials are the source;
450 physicians and peace activists were gathered to protest
continued nuclear testing by the United States.
Answer: Last tuesday,
(b) What : found
Where : in Brick Township, N.J.
When : Monday night
Why : not applicable
How : A neighbor recognized the child’s picture when it was shown
after the movie The Song Continues and Adam called police.
Other information : Police arrested the boy’s mother, Ellen Lynn
Conner, 27; she faces Oregon charges of kidnapping and
interference with a custody warrant.
Answer: Ellen Lynn Connor was arrested Monday night after her 7-year-old boy was found after
being missing for three years.
4. Read the following news story carefully and
a. identify the news elements
b. analyze the story flow
Shot in the arm for Gujarat BJP Manas Dasgupta

3. GANDHINAGAR: Demonstrating a remarkable recovery after the poor performance in the recent
parliamentary elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party bagged five of the seven seats in the Gujarat
Assembly, the byelections for which were held on September 10.
After a long interval when
5. From the following facts, write the first two paragraphs of a
news article.
Who : 40 passengers
What : evacuated from a Northwest Airlines jet, Flight 428
Where : at the LaCrosse, Wis. Municipal Airport
When : Monday following a flight from Minneapolis to LaCrosse
Why : A landing tower employee spotted smoke near the wheels
How : not applicable
Other information : There was no fire or injuries; the smok
wascaused by hydraulic fluids leaking onto hot landing brakes,
according to Bob Gibbons, a Northwest spokesman
Answer: On monday, 40 passengers were evacuated from Northwest Airlines Flight 428, when
smoke was sighted near the jet wheels. At LaCrosse Municipal Airport, a local tower employee
noticed that there was smoke near the wheels
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