A summary on news lead that speaks about one of the public community government meetings.* This assignment represents the first step that you will take toward completing your final project for this class.

Your news lead must:

1)Be a sentence long

2)Use active voice verbs in past tense.

3)Reflect the most important detail about what happened at the meeting.

4)Answer the question who-did-what-when? in that order.

5)Include a time element in the form of a day of the week.

6)Avoid using a name.

Objective: This exercise is designed to give you practice in writing a summary news lead for a meeting story like the one you will complete for your final project.

Please consult the grading rubric associated with this assignment folder for best practices guidance.

For more specific and comprehensive advice on what to look for as you're editing your assignments in this class, try using the attached document prepared for you by one of our instructors. And don't forget to use your Error Log to help you identify the things in your writing that you need to improve! Links to the meetings you may choose from also are attached.

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