Chapter 7

Question 1

What’s the difference between hard news and soft news leads

Answer 1

Hard news includes more serious and consequential stories, while soft news is considered closer to entertainment and less urgent.

Question 2

Differences in the FOCUS between hard news and soft news leads

Answer 2

Hard News: is used for reporting straight factual news, and prioritize most important and newsworthy information.

Soft News: used for feature leads, human interest and entertainment

Question 3

Differences in STYLE between hard news and soft news leads

Answer 3

Hard News: Straight Forward, Provide critical detail.

Soft News: More relaxed storytelling

Question 4

How to do a Focus-on-a-Person-Lead

Answer 4

Telling a little story of a person, or use a descriptive approach that describes the person or shows the person in action

Question 5

Example of a Focus-on-a-Person-Lead

Answer 5

Nita walked slowly down the narrow hall, deftly guiding her tottering 11-month-old son around the abandoned baby walkers, strollers and toys.

Inside her tiny bedroom the 17-year-old mother pointed to old yellowed with age photographs of her son’s father reminiscing of a better time.

Question 6

Example of Anecdotal approach Focus-on-a-Person-Lead.