NYT: Lede-ing the Way in High School Journalism
What the fushizuck is going on at the Times, y'all? We thought it couldn't get better than yesterday's article that managed to pack cornrows, weaves, and Steel Magnolias into the same lede. We were wrong. Today, another Timesian gives us an article about binge-drinking and Westchester teens who, we believe, may have actually written the opener:
In American suburbs everywhere on any given weekend, teenagers can be found earnestly trying to solve a simple equation: (a-b) + e (c+d) = f, where "a" is a house, "b" are parents, "c" is music, "d" are friends, "e" is a large quantity of alcohol and "f" is, of course, a raging house party.
