Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Summary Lead

"Clark County's employment picture darkened in August as the jobless rate climbed to 13.9 percent--highest of Washington's 39 counties." --www.columbian.com

This is a summary lead because it tells the when, where, and really emphasizes the what of the story. This statistic is the basis for the whole story and if a reader wanted or needed to take one piece of information from this story, I think this would be it.

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