Starting With The Basics
Edmonton attack suspect facing terrorism charges was investigated by RCMP in 2015
At 8:15 pm this last Saturday in Edmonton, a violent rampage began with a Somali refugee hitting a police officer with his car, stabbed him repeatedly, fled, stole a u-haul, and continued his rampage, running over four people, before being pulled over and arrested. The suspect in question had previously been investigated by police for sharing his extremist views.
This article, which was written by Jana G. Pruden, Marty Klinkenberg, Karen Howlett, and Morgan Bockneck for the Globe and Mail, is very effective in how it conveys the story. The lead of the story hooks you in by telling that the suspect had been investigated beforehand, and was shown to have some radical beliefs. It continues to tell that the same man that was investigated reemerged, and went on a deadly rampage. "This weekend, that same man emerged as the suspect in a violent rampage that left a police officer and four other people injured in Edmonton, and which investigators believe was an act of terrorism." I think This is a very effective way to hook the reader in and get them really interested in the story.
The most interesting parts of the story, where they describe the suspect and describe what he did, are told first in the story. Early on they describe how he and a police officer were in a struggle with each other and, despite being stabbed multiple times, the officer managed to fight the suspect off and prevent him from getting his gun. Another interesting point that is told early in the story is how the suspect was investigated beforehand, but does not show any signs of recruitment or radicalization.
This story ends with another Somali refugee assuring the general public that this was just a sick individual, and that he does not represent the Somali community as a whole. I think that this is a good ending to the story, because many people would assume that all refugees are terrorists because of this incident, so i think that this is an effective way to make sure that people know that is only one individual that believes in these radical beliefs, and it doesn't represent every refugee.
'My heart was in my stomach': Homeowner learns too late she bought a former grow-op
It's June 2016, Claudette Charron has just bought a new house that she plans to fix up and resell for a profit. Little did she know though, that this house that she had bought was a former grow-op, and there had been a drug bust a year before she bought it.
This article, written by Rosa Marchitelli for CBC, has a very good lead, that gets the basic story across and draws the reader in. "Claudette Charron thought she bought her perfect house — a fixer-upper in need of a little TLC, at a good price in a small community — until she discovered there used to be a marijuana grow-op in the basement and the house needed tens of thousands of dollars of work to make it safe to live in." This lead tells you what the story is about, and tells you the interesting parts of the story, making you want to read further.
The interesting parts of this story are told early on, like how Charron had no idea that there had been a grow-op in the house, and how she learned about it only after a neighbor asked how the damage to the basement was. Another interesting point of the story, told relatively close to the beginning, is how it would cost Charron over $30 000 to be able to fully repair the home and make it livable for whoever she sells it to.
The story ends with Charron telling future home owners to always check out the home before buying, and that sellers should always own up to faults in the house, rather than claim ignorance. I think this is a very important point, and a good way to end the article, because I think it's true that all houses should be thoroughly inspected before they are sold.
At 8:15 pm this last Saturday in Edmonton, a violent rampage began with a Somali refugee hitting a police officer with his car, stabbed him repeatedly, fled, stole a u-haul, and continued his rampage, running over four people, before being pulled over and arrested. The suspect in question had previously been investigated by police for sharing his extremist views.
This article, which was written by Jana G. Pruden, Marty Klinkenberg, Karen Howlett, and Morgan Bockneck for the Globe and Mail, is very effective in how it conveys the story. The lead of the story hooks you in by telling that the suspect had been investigated beforehand, and was shown to have some radical beliefs. It continues to tell that the same man that was investigated reemerged, and went on a deadly rampage. "This weekend, that same man emerged as the suspect in a violent rampage that left a police officer and four other people injured in Edmonton, and which investigators believe was an act of terrorism." I think This is a very effective way to hook the reader in and get them really interested in the story.
The most interesting parts of the story, where they describe the suspect and describe what he did, are told first in the story. Early on they describe how he and a police officer were in a struggle with each other and, despite being stabbed multiple times, the officer managed to fight the suspect off and prevent him from getting his gun. Another interesting point that is told early in the story is how the suspect was investigated beforehand, but does not show any signs of recruitment or radicalization.
This story ends with another Somali refugee assuring the general public that this was just a sick individual, and that he does not represent the Somali community as a whole. I think that this is a good ending to the story, because many people would assume that all refugees are terrorists because of this incident, so i think that this is an effective way to make sure that people know that is only one individual that believes in these radical beliefs, and it doesn't represent every refugee.
'My heart was in my stomach': Homeowner learns too late she bought a former grow-op
It's June 2016, Claudette Charron has just bought a new house that she plans to fix up and resell for a profit. Little did she know though, that this house that she had bought was a former grow-op, and there had been a drug bust a year before she bought it.
This article, written by Rosa Marchitelli for CBC, has a very good lead, that gets the basic story across and draws the reader in. "Claudette Charron thought she bought her perfect house — a fixer-upper in need of a little TLC, at a good price in a small community — until she discovered there used to be a marijuana grow-op in the basement and the house needed tens of thousands of dollars of work to make it safe to live in." This lead tells you what the story is about, and tells you the interesting parts of the story, making you want to read further.
The interesting parts of this story are told early on, like how Charron had no idea that there had been a grow-op in the house, and how she learned about it only after a neighbor asked how the damage to the basement was. Another interesting point of the story, told relatively close to the beginning, is how it would cost Charron over $30 000 to be able to fully repair the home and make it livable for whoever she sells it to.
The story ends with Charron telling future home owners to always check out the home before buying, and that sellers should always own up to faults in the house, rather than claim ignorance. I think this is a very important point, and a good way to end the article, because I think it's true that all houses should be thoroughly inspected before they are sold.
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