Feature Writing Preview

1. What is the difference between a hard news lead (lede) and the one you read above?
The one I read above had a lot of information, while the hard news lead was interesting with facts ands news.2. What paragraph(s) did you learn the following information?
a. Who: 1
b. What: 1
c. Where: 1
d. When: 2
e. Why: 3
f. How: 25-26

3. Are there quotes in this story?
Yes.4. Are those quotes arranged in the "quote-transiton" style we used in news writing?
Some.5. Who is quoted in the story?
Williams, Mcloughlin, Chenoweth, Andrews, Florentino, and Cormier6. What quote is the most powerful in the story, in your opinion?
"He said to me: 'Radios is defined (as) theater of mind,"7. How many paragraphs is the story?
338. How many words is the story (hint: you can copy and paste into Word and get a word count)?
7629. What is significant about the lead (lede) and the final paragraph of the story?
They both start with "That word".10. Why do you think the writer did that with the lead (lede) and final paragraph?
I think he used it to show how important it is to the article.11. Was the story interesting to read?
Yes.12. When you finished the story, but BEFORE you watched the video, did you want to hear the voice?
Yes.
13. Multimedia approaches are powerful tools, what impact did the video have when watched directly after reading the story?
The video helped better understand as well as hearing his voice.14. Would the story have lost its impact without the video?
Not entirely, but yes.15. Did the writer try to come up with a way for you to hear the voice, i.e. did he try to describe the voice or give you a way to "hear" the voice without really hearing it?
Yes16. How did the writer do that?
The words that he used, for example he used the term "baritone".