In journalism, a lede is "the opening sentence or paragraph of a news article, summarizing the most important aspects of the story." (Oxford Languages). Over the weekend, I came across a great one in this article from the New York Times.
PALERMO, Italy — Years after he lost his dream job in the Vatican’s Latin department, left the priesthood, came out as gay, went public with sensational accounts of rampant sex among clergy in Rome and reinvented himself as a gay rights activist and journalist with a column in Latin, Francesco Lepore returned to the Vatican to discuss a new gig.
As well as providing information, a good lede should make you want to read the rest of the story. It sure did for me.
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