Blog Assignment #8

Find six news articles -- three with summary ledes and three with feauture leads. Copy/paste these leads into your blog and identify each (summary or soft). After identifying them, change each lead to its opposite (summary to soft and vice-versa).

1. Summary Lead:
CLEVELAND, Ohio (CNN) -- A passenger jet skidded off a runway and smashed through a fence while landing Sunday in windy and icy conditions at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Revised:
It was a cold and icy day at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. For many passengers aboard aircraft, it would be a day to remember. A plane was coming in to land in typical fashion, when all of the sudden, it lost traction on the ground, and was forced off the runway into a fence.

2. Feature Lead:
DAYTONA BEACH, Florida (Ticker) -- Kevin Harvick knew he was going to be the bad guy. But that didn't stop him from dealing Mark Martin a crushing blow.

Revised: Kevin Harvick edged out Mark Martin at the finish line to win the Daytona 500,

3. Summary Lead:
BHOPAL, India (CNN) -- Police announced they uncovered a plastic bag stuffed with the skeletal remains of at least six newborns Sunday after searching the grounds of a Christian missionary hospital in the central Indian town of Ratlam.

Revised: There have been some very disturbing discoveries in the quiet Indian town of Ratlam. A once credible Christian Missionary hospital is now under fire for some recent discoveries that are shocking and repulsive. The decrepit remains of six helpless infants were discovered deep within the confines of the hospital by police officers.

4. Feature Lead: (Mustang Daily)
The definition of objectify is to "make impersonal or present as an object." The content of "The Vagina Monologues" consists of personal stories of sexuality, sexual assault, and violence; some are individual accounts, others use literary devices to illustrate the issues.

Revised:
“The Vagina Monologues,” which the Cal Poly Theatre Department is currently showing, uses literary devices to objectify women.

5. Summary Lead:
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore. - Three climbers who fell from a ledge on snowy Mount Hood got into their sleeping bags for warmth and awaited rescue as bad weather raged around them, officials said.

Revised: It was a really long night for three climbers on Mount Hood. They were hiking along a cliff, when all of the sudden they lost their footing and fell all the way down the mountain. They were in bad condition, and resorted to using their sleeping bags to keep warm while they awaited the rescuers that they contacted while in distress.

6. Feature Lead: (Contra Costa Times)
Give it six more months, and Meredith Nunn says she will have to shut down her Brentwood fruit farm after more than 20 years in operation.

Revised: Many farmers are shutting down their businesses due to agricultural restrictions in Contra Costa County.