One lead that I thought was strong was one that I found in the Daily Evergreen. The article is from the paper released on Monday, January 29th, 2007. The lead is as follows.
"The WSU Board of Regents unanimously increased Martin Stadium renovation funding and amended the FacultyManual on Friday."
I think that this lead is good because it discussed most of the five W's. The what is the renovation funding was increased, the who is the WSU Board of Regents, and the when was Friday. In the lead it doesn't say where, but I think that in this instance it isn't very important where exactly they met, unless they met in some odd area that would attract attention. Additionally, the 'why' aspect isn't really brought up either. Because I am a student at WSU, the 'why' could just be a given, since I am interested in the betterment of the University. But if I wasn't a student, I probably wouldn't really care. I think that this lead is good for the school newspaper, but would probably question its newsworthiness if it was in a different newspaper.
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