Thursday, February 11, 2010

Leads Exercise 4

a. Forty passengers were evacuated from a Northwest Airlines jet yesterday after an airport employee noticed smoke near the plane's wheels. The plane was just returning to Wisconsin from Minneapolis when the incident occurred.

b. A young boy was reunited with his family on Thursday night after being missing for nearly three years. The 7-year-old was spotted by a neighbor after his photo was broadcast on TV the night before. The boy's mother will be facing multiple charges for keeping the boy away from his family.
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  1. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2010 at 2:49 PM

    a) Well done! 10/10

    b) Focus on the boy being found, not reunited. You don't know if he's been reunited with his family yet or not ... and you're not allowed to make assumptions like that when you're writing news).
    0/10 - contains a fact error, please revise.

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