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Leads 2 - Feature Leads - Assignment 1

Leads 2 - Feature Leads - Assignment 1

Q Media Writing Leads assignment 2 – Feature Leads – Assignment 1 1. Write summary leads for these three stories a, b and c. 2. Then, write feature leads for the same stories a, b and c. Details: • Label which is your summary lead and which is your feature lead. • You work for the Omaha World-Herald, and the stories will appear in Wednesday's edition. • Please remember to keep your paragraphs short and double-spaced. • Fix any AP style errors. • Do not add information to what you are given. • Use said for summary lead attribution to the source. • Use says for feature lead attribution to the source. • Use according to for attributing to a document source. • Remember it is source said or says, unless the source has a very long title, they it can be said or says source. • Use proper punctuation for quotes. • Do not convict people accused of crimes before the courts have done so. • Information should be attributed to police, or reporters use phrases such as “is accused of,” “reportedly,” “allegedly,” etc.) a. FACTS: A 13-year-old Omaha boy, whose name was not released, was taken to the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Facility on Tuesday and is awaiting a court appearance. He apparently tried to rob the Farmers National Bank in downtown Omaha, according to the Omaha police officials. Just before noon on Tuesday, a youth approached a teller's window at the bank. He drew out what appeared to be a small-caliber pistol and ordered a teller, Nancy Altman, to hand over the money in the cash drawer. She produced $4,000 dollars in bills and gave the money to the assailant, who fled on foot. At the same time, Altman pushed an alarm button, which alerted the bank security guard, Calvin O'Toole. He chased the fleeing youth half a block north of the bank on Fairview Street and finally caught him. The guard found a cap pistol in the youth's pocket. The boy admitted he had used the toy in the holdup. Altman told police that the youth appeared to be "quite young," but she "could not believe" he was only thirteen years old. She said the pistol looked real. b. FACTS: A North Bend man, James Dake, 35, was arrested for drunken driving early Tuesday, police reported. A breath-analysis test administered by Omaha police showed Dake had a blood alcohol content of .19. The legal limit is .08. Dake was approaching the Missouri River drawbridge on Pine Street in Omaha at 2 a.m. when he saw the bridge was opening, according to the Omaha Police Department. He decided to try to leap between the 2 sections of the bridge in his car. The sections were about 25 feet apart. The car shot into the air and fell into the river. Roger Goodrich, an Omaha police officer, swam into the river and pulled Dake from the sinking car. Dake was not hurt. Goodrich said: "That fellow is lucky to be alive. It just happened that I was parked near the bridge and saw the whole thing." c. FACTS: The U.S. Census Bureau’s Statistical Abstract of the United States was released Tuesday. It’s 1,000 pages long and contains from 800,000 to 900,000 numbers. Some of those numbers are interesting. Its core audience is students, librarians and researchers. Here are some interesting discoveries from a news release about the abstract: 40 percent of adults said they read books for leisure during 2019, compared with the 77% who surfed the internet for fun. About 13.9 million people 7 or older played soccer more than once a year in 2019, compared with 13.2 million softball players, 40 million bowlers and 27 million golfers. Finally, women worry more about looking fat, but men are more likely to be fat. Two-thirds of U.S. men are overweight compared with one-half of U.S. women. Also, on average, Americans consume 16 pounds of ice cream per year.

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A 13-year-old Omaha boy was taken to the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Facility on Tuesday after an alleged robbery at the Farmers National Bank in downtown Omaha Feature: Just before noon on Tuesday, a youth approached a teller's window at the bank while pulling out what appeared to be a small-caliber pistol. On Tuesday, a 13-year-old Omaha boy, whose name was not released, was taken to the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Facility and is awaiting a court appearance. He tried to rob the Farmers National Bank in downtown Omaha, according to the Omaha police officials. Nancy Altman, to hand over the money in the cash drawer. She produced $4,000 in bills and gave the money to the assailant, who fled on foot.