Feature Story- Lead Practice

 

Welcome back, The next couple blogs will serve as practice for my magazine feature lead. I will take present different stories that I chose from those given and create my own lead to it.

1.Someone called 18 people in the city last night. The caller identified himself as the president of Rutherford Ford, Inc., 2780 Doss Boulevard. He told each of the people that they had just won a new car from his dealership. Interviewed by reporters today, most of the people who received the calls said that at first they just couldn't believe it. And they were right. They couldn't. The person who called was a prankster, and Allen Rutherford, president of the dealership, says he has no idea who placed he calls, and that he's spending all his time today trying to explain the situation to those 18 people. "Someone apparently has a sick idea of humor," Rutherford said. After convincing people they had won a new car, the caller asked them to drop by the dealership this morning to pick it up. All 18 were there when the dealership opened its doors at 9 a.m. "I told them we never offered to give away a car," Rutherford said. "One woman told me she couldn't believe she'd won, and then she told me she couldn't believe it when I told her she hadn't. Two other women began to cry, and a man is threatening to sue me."

Lead Type: Startling Statement 

Definition of Lead : This lead is meant to create drama 

Lead : Allen Rutherford stood dumbfounded at his dealership when 18 people showed up to pick up the free car they won after receiving a call. Except Rutherford states their company never offered to give away a car.