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1. What is the difference between a hard news lead (lede) and the one you read above? A hard news lead tries to get all the information out as fast as possible.

2. What paragraph(s) did you learn the following information?
a. Who- Ted Williams
b. What- Has an amazing voice
c. Where- Hudson street ramp
d. When
e. Why
f. How- He was infatuated with radio and attended broadcasting school.

3. Are there quotes in this story? yes

4. Are those quotes arranged in the "quote-transiton" style we used in news writing? yes

5. Who is quoted in the story? Ted Williams

6. What quote is the most powerful in the story, in your opinion? "I think he really has no idea how big this is going to be"

7. How many paragraphs is the story? 33

8. How many words is the story (hint: you can copy and paste into Word and get a word count)? 762 words

9. What is significant about the lead (lede) and the final paragraph of the story? The lead is used in the last paragraph.

10. Why do you think the writer did that with the lead (lede) and final paragraph? To bring it all together.

11. Was the story interesting to read? Yes

12. When you finished the story, but BEFORE you watched the video, did you want to hear the voice? Yes

13. Multimedia approaches are powerful tools, what impact did the video have when watched directly after reading the story? It was amazing hearing this guys voice. It sounded exactly how I imagined reading it.

14. Would the story have lost its impact without the video? Yes, because I would not have known how great his voice was.

15. Did the writer try to come up with a way for you to hear the voice, i.e. did he try to describe the voice or give you a way to "hear" the voice without really hearing it? Not really.

16. How did the writer do that?  All the writer did was quote Ted and the rest was up to your imagination.