Wednesday post! **please read before turning in first drafts!**

I know you are all working SO VERY MUCH (yes! hooray! keep going!) today on your articles.

BEFORE I look at your first drafts, read these things!

To start...(and yes, some old folks like me still spell it like "lede"):
1. http://blog.bleacherreport.com/2011/04/14/br-101-how-to-write-a-good-lede/

2. http://www.poynter.org/news/media-innovation/11746/gallery-of-asne-award-winning-leads/

3. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703727804576017594187325256

4. http://spcollege.libguides.com/c.php?g=254319&p=1695313

Remember your NUT GRAFS (yeah, we spell it like that, journalists are weird):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut_graph

Feeling stuck? This is an older one but holds up well:
https://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/writing/voices.html

When you have some downtime, post today and tell us: what is it like to write on deadline, whether this week is your first time of 300th?

I'm proud of you all - keep going!