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1. What is the difference between a hard news lead (lede) and the one you read above?

It is directly related to the story.

2. What paragraph(s) did you learn the following information?

a. Who ted Williams

b. What He was a homeless person but had a voice like a radio host.

c. Where Northbound I-71

d. When 3 years ago

e. Why Somebody filmed him because he had a really cool voice

f. How with a camera somebody filmed him

3. Are there quotes in this story?

Ye s there are a lot.

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 and Cormier

6. What quote is the most powerful in the story, in your opinion?

"We could make him a millionaire" Cormier said 

7. How many paragraphs is the story?

32

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

763

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

They both talk about ted williams

10. Why do you think the writer did that with the lead (lede) and final paragraph?

To show wha changed in the story.

11. Was the story interesting to read?

Yes, a homeless man to radio host is very cool.

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

Yes, I want to know what his voice sounded like.

13. Multimedia approaches are powerful tools, what impact did the video have when watched directly after reading the story?

i understood what his voice really sounded like.

14. Would the story have lost its impact without the video?

Yes, you wouldn't have know how his voice really sounded.

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?

yes

16. How did the writer do that?

The writer said the voice sounded really good.