The following is an excerpt from the New York Times' article "Blaze Kills 5 Workers in Colorado," which ran today, 10/3.
DENVER, Oct. 2 — Five workers at a hydroelectric plant outside Georgetown, Colo., were killed on Tuesday when a chemical fire trapped them in a water tunnel where they were working, officials said.
This is an effective hard news lede because it indicates that the story was written in a timely fashion (the event occurred yesterday) and it answers the 5 W's:
Who? Five workers
What? They were killed
When? Tuesday
Where? At a hydroelectric plant outside Georgetown, Colorado
Why? A chemical fire trapped them in a water tunnel
It also has an immediate impact on those people involved and the people who knew or were close to the deceased.
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Perfect!
I agree with you on this one- this is a particularly good lede. It gets the information across in terms of the 5 w's, but doesn't fall back on the crutch of compound structure. I'm not sure if it would have been a better lede if there was more of an inclusion of the 'why' catagory, in terms of what caused the fire itself- that probobly would've made the piece too convoluted, though.
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