im doing this as an exercise to see if i have got the concepts correct>>
1)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/business/06econ.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Headline:Full of Doubts, U.S. Shoppers Cut Spending
Lead:Cowed by the financial crisis, American consumers are pulling back on their spending, all but guaranteeing that the economic situation will get worse before it gets better.
Nutgraf:(1st apara) consumers appear to have cut back sharply,
(1st para)their confidence may have been too shaken for them to resume their free- spending ways any time soon
(2nd para)Recent figures from companies, and interviews across the country.
2)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/business/07markets.html?hp
Headline:Stocks Fall Sharply Across Asia
Lead + Nutgraf: Stock markets fell sharply on Monday in Asia on growing fears about the health of banks around the world and the prospects for a downturn in Asian exports to the weakening economies of the United States and Europe.
3)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/books/06games.html?ref=books
Headline:Using Video Games as Bait to Hook Readers
Lead:When PJ Haarsma wrote his first book, a science fiction novel for preteenagers, he didn’t think just about how to describe Orbis, the planetary system where the story takes place. He also thought about how it should look and feel in a video game.
Nutgraf:Increasingly, authors, teachers, librarians and publishers are embracing this fast-paced, image-laden world in the hope that the games will draw children to reading.
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Yes, you are identifying the lede and nutgraf well. Now give us some analysis of how effective both are in highlighting the issue and enticing the reader further down the columns.
Also, do not insert the URL into the body of your blog. Create a hyperlink using the link tool (looks like a chain link). Hightlight the text you want to make the link (usually best use the name of the article) and then create link with link tool.
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