Writing Different Leads for the Same Story

In this post, I will be using the Charleston Post and Courier Feb. 12, 2023 feature on Kerri Forrest (special Black History Month insert “12 Black Leaders to Know) and writing the lead in 10 different ways. I will be writing a lead that fits the description of a hard news lead, then the nine types of feature leads that were shown in my previous posts "Feature Writing Leads." 

              Kerri Forrest                     Click here to read Kerri Forest's Article

Hard News Lead 

Kerri Forrest, who is MDC's (Manpower Development Corp.) Senior Program Director for Equity Centered Leadership and Philanthropy, has been feautured in The Post and Couriers "12 Black Leaders to Know in South Carolina"

Quotation Lead 

When it came to Kerri Forrest getting a job at MDC, she says, "This position really felt like an opportunity to take what I think I'm good at and create a space at MDC helpign to (fostoer) more talent in the South."

Question Lead 

How did Kerri Forrest go from having a career in television to a job as a Senior Program Director for Equity Centered Leadership and Philanthropy in MDC?

Shocker Lead 

Instead of going to medical school, Kerri Forest moved to D.C. a got a job at an affiliate of NBC.

Description Lead 

A good listener, talker, who ask the right questions and can manage her time and get things done quickly. This person is Kerri Forrest. 

Direct-Address Lead

If you are wondering who is one of the many black leaders in South Carolina, look no further than Kerri Forrest.  

Ironic Lead 

Kerri Forrest went to Clemson University and majored in biology and was pre-med. Somehow she found herself moving to D.C. and got a job at an NBC affiliate instead of going to medical school.

                                                               

Anecdote Lead 

Kerri Forrest plan was to go to medical school, but life had other things in mind. Instead she got a job at an NBC affiliate. Then she becaome a porduction assitstnat for "The Today Show." After that she was hired as a dayside booker for MSNBC, and then she became senior producer of CBS Early Show. She is currently the Senior Program Director for Equity Centered Leadership and Philanthropy in MDC.

Words Used in Unusual Ways 

One minute, Kerri Forrest was studying about how to help patients medically, the next minute she had to maintain her patience in the news industry.