II. Scan the text paying attention to the words in bold.

III. Complete the sentences according to the text.

1. There are two basic types of leads…

2. A soft lead may set…

3. Both leads include…

4. A weekly news program or magazine is more likely to use…

5. Wire services, online-news sites, and radio newscasts…

6. An anecdote is used as a lead to…

IV. There are 10 terms every journalist should know. Work with the dictionary and match terms and definitions.

1. Lead	a. A newspaper’s library of clippings of old articles.
2. Dateline	b. A source who does not want to be identified in a news story.
3. Anonymous Source	c. The name of a news story's author usually put at the start of the article.
4. Attribute	d. To tell readers where the information in a news story comes from.
5. Morgue	e. To cover a particular area or topic, such as cops, courts or city council.
6. Byline	f. The city, from which a news story originates, usually placed at the start of the story.
7. Source	g. Anyone you interview for a news story.
8. Inverted Pyramid	h. The content of a news article.
9. Copy	i. The model used to describe how a news story is structured. It means the heaviest or most important news goes at the top of the story, and the lightest, or least important, goes at the bottom.
10. Beat	j. The first sentence of a hard-news story; a succinct summary of the story’s main point.

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