With
basic summary ledes, we want to be able to get to the central point,
end result and ultimate outcome of the story right away, without the
need to read anything else to know exactly how things ended up, and/or
what made a story most relevant, interesting and useful.
I think the following ledes meet that standard. Take a look, and compare them to your ledes:
A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control
revealed 43 percent of American marriages result in a divorce within the first
15 years of marriage.
... and ...
East Lansing public school officials announced a new
program that will offer housing mortgages with below-market interest rates for teachers
and administrators to combat low salary wages.
... and ...
With new one-story stations coming in the future, the
Kalamazoo Fire Department will no longer continue its 100-year-plus tradition
of sliding down a pole to reach the fire engines.
... and ...
Please notice how they are written in a simple, easy-to-understand style; how they get to the point in a succinct manner; and how they cite the most telling statistics and/or facts.
I'm happy to say that in this exercise, many of our ledes were similar to these. Really good job the first time around, folks.
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