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Using the data below, write a summary lead
Two-day Basic Journalism Seminar-Workshop
Theme Eloquentia et Sapientia ( Eloquence of Wisdom)]
18 hour writeshop
Pen pushing exercises
The first installment of the yearlong comprehensive training regimen of the Adelphian
Torch, the official school paper
At the Bonifacio Building Room 2
It is a resurrected version of the past summer workshops
Journalism trainer is Ms. Loon A. Sy
75 campus journalism students
“The training squeezed out the best in the participants such that the facilitators, mainly
the moderators and Rappler alumni have found a lot of promising budding campus
journalists in the fold,” Dr. Sy said.
March 10-11, 2021
Summary Lead
A two-day Basic Journalism Seminar Workshop with the theme “Eloquentia et Sapientia” (Eloquence of
Wisdom) was conducted as the first installment of the yearlong comprehensive training regimen of
Adelphian Torch, the school’s official school paper at the Bonifacio Building Room 2 on March 10-11,
2021. Journalism Trainer Ms. Loon A. Sy supervised 75 campus journalism students. Dr. Sy said, “The
training squeezed out the best in the participants such that the facilitators, mainly the moderators and
Rappler alumni have found a lot of promising budding campus journalists in the fold”.
a. Grammatical- beginning lead
“The training squeezed out the best in the participants such that the facilitators, mainly the moderators
and Rappler alumni have found a lot of promising budding campus journalists in the fold” Dr. Sy said.
b. Novelty lead
Theme Eloquentia et Sapientia (Eloquence of Wisdom)
c. Narrative Lead
The first installment of the yearlong comprehensive training regimen of Adelphian Torch, the
school’s official school paper
d. Punch lead
Pen – pushing exercise
e. Parody lead
It is a resurrected version of the past summer workshop
Activities
1. You are writing for a newspaper near this accident. Write a lead for this afternoon’s ppaper
WHO: Amtrak train called the Colonial
WHAT: Collided with three Conrail locomotives on a switch that emerges four tracks into
two
WHEN: 1:30 p.m. yesterday
At least 15 people are dead and 175 injured in the worst accident in Amtrak’s history. An Amtrak train,
called the Colonial, collided with three Conrail locomotives near Chase, Md at 1:30 p.m. yesterday. “The
Contrail diesels, like the Amtrak, were northbound. The Conrail had apparently run a stop sign.” said
Amtrak Spokesman, Larry Chase. The trains were on a switch that merges four tracks into two. (okay)
2. From the following facts, write a lead.
WHO: A nuclear weapon with a yield equivalent to 150,000 tons of TNT
WHAT: detonated
WHERE: In the Nevada desert, 2,000 feet underground, beneath the surface of Pahute Mesa; 40 miles
away, pacifists were holding a protest rally
WHEN:
WHY: to test the weapon
HOW: Not applicable
Other info: The test was conducted by the Department of Energy. DOE officials are the source; the
protest was by more than 450 physicians, scientists and peace activists, protesting continued nuclear
weapons testing by the United states
On Tuesday, a nuclear weapon with a yield equivalent to 150,000 tons of TNT detonated 40 miles from a
meeting of pacifists and 2,000 feet beneath the surface of Pahute Mesa in the Nevada desert to test the
weapon, Department of Energy officials said. 450 physicians and peace activists were gathered to
protest continued nuclear testing by the United States. (okay)
3.
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. (fix)
4, 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
