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FOX NEWS CRITIQUE

JOUR 21A
NEWS WRITING
Journalism 21 A Green Sheet
Lede Building 1
Lede Building 2
Lede Building 3
Lede Building 4
Shoe leather means good reporting
Opinion ONE: Israel
Opinion TWO: Israel
Obit of a Pedophile
Religious Lawmaker Profile
good two-sided court story
spj code of ethics
man on the street, no, man on a wing
queer eye interview
area 51: the truth
Cop Killer Story
First Person Job Story
Russian Cop Reporter Profile


JOUR 21B
Feature Writing
 Jour 21 B Green Sheet
 LEDE exercises
old class ledes
britney review
news profile: google immigrant
news profile: pirated captain
american idol judge...and the dog's name
*OBIT for an OBIT WRITER
Grand Jury Story
Why reporters should always use tape recorders
Anecdotal lede story
 BAD REVIEW Example Dave Matthews
seinfeld review
Bad Review: Norah Jones
Good Review of a bad concert: Shuggie Otis
Good Review: Doghouse Riley
 metallica review
 Nelson Review
Good Dave Matthews Review
*FEATURE WRITING BLOG
*TWO STORIES: LETHAL INJECTION
The Everyman Who Exposed Tainted Toothpaste
man on the street
A Literal Man on the Street
Rules of Quoting
Quotes 2
good internet trend story
Trend Story: Students no longer read newspapers
Trend: Tattoo Removal
Science Trend: Numbers story
Trend story/review
Trend story critique: fair or not?
Trend story: even porn is shorter, New York Times
"Trend Story/help story"

Good baseball trend story
Korean jobs trend story
Trend story: professors can't get away from students
Brian Grazer 1
Brian Grazer 2
Mike Tyson Profile
Sex Ed Profile
Goth robbers crime story
rewrite this press release
PR Information
UFO column
trainspotting
mccain profile
Tila Tequila Peofile
Grades trend story
sports editorial
obit for the Chron
Business Feature: The Snuggie
good mystery story
Dr. Drew: Conflict and questions in every story
Superbowl ad roundup
New york streets man on the street
Most amazing karaoke trend story ever

old class ledes

LEDES::::


What do you think of these ledes?


1)The Oregon Employment Security commission is issuing the termporary help of 1,500 pickers to the cherry growers in Western Oregon for 30 days.


2)The director of the commisson announced that for the next 30 days, Sandworth Islands is in need of 1,500 cherry pickers.

3)My god, once again Oregon is short Cherry pickers and it is time to start picking. For the next 30 days, 1,500 workers will be needed to pick cherries in the Sandworth Islands, Tomas and Truro lakes areas of Western Oregon.


4)Cherry growers in Sandworth Islands, Tomas and Truro Lake areas of Western Oregon are short workers.

5)The Oregon Employment Security Commission has a tough job ahead of them. Cherry growers in the Western Oregon area have run into a little bit of a rut.

6)Cherry farmers in Western Oregon are in a state of despair as the area is experiencing a shortage in farm workers.

7)In Western Oregon the Oregon Employment Security Commission is looking for 1,500 temporary workers to help pick cherries for the next 30 days.

8)Western Oregon cherry orchards are abundants with fruit -- and no one to eat them.

9)Fans of cherry pies may be easily disappointed this summer. There is a shortage of cherry pickers in Oregon right now.

10)Chief Malcolm E. Holis, of “The Oregon Employment Security Commission’’ asserts that 1,500 cherry pickers will be needed for 30 days in areas of Western Oregon.

11)A shortage of 1,500 pickers is threatening the cherry crops of Western Oregon.

12)A shortage of cherry pickers in the Sandworth Islands, Tomas and Truro Lakes areas of Western Oregon has led the Oregon Employment Security Commission to find temporary help for the next 30 days in the is area.

13)Cherry pickers will be needed for the next 30 days to work in Western Oregon.

14)Expect slim pickings at your local grocer. There is a shortage of cherry pickers in the Sandworth Islands, Tomas and Truro Lake areas.

15)Due to a worker shortage in Western Oregon, chery pickers will be needed for the next 30 days, Malcolm Holis, director of the Oregon Employment Security Commission said.


HOW ABOUT THESE?

1)A white male carrying a switch blade knife is currently on the loose.

2)A robber armed with a switch blade knife escaped police last night at a gas station located at 610 Mobile.

3)There was a holdup last night at a gas station, city police reported.

4) A man armed with a switchblade held up a gas station attendant for $14.35 last night and ran away before police arrived.

5)Last night a local gas station at 610 Mobile was robbed by a white male, armed with a switch blade knife, according to the city police.

6)A white male armed with a switch blade knife held up the attendant at the 610th Street Mobile gas station last night, city police said.

7)If only the potted plant that lay in the main office could speak of the irony it had just experienced.

8) A white man bearing a switchblade robbed the gas station at 610 Mobile last night, escaping on foot with only $14.37.

9)Last night, city police responded to a holdup at 610 Mobile where a white armed man held up an attendant with a switch blade knife for $14.37 before fleeing by foot.

10)Another switchblade hold up at the gas station on Mobile Ave. leaves the business $14.37 short.

11)The gas station at 610 Mobile was held up last night.

12)Last night, a man armed with a switch blade entered the gas station on 610 Mobile and held up an attendant. The man fled the gas station and escaped on footwith $14.37 in possession.

 Updated Sunday, January 27, 2008 at 6:39:56 PM by Bradley Kava - kavabradley@fhda.edu
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