For the next series of blogs, I plan to develop my writing skills by practicing how to leads for my feature story in my magazine. This will be the first part.
Lead Title: Research study shows habits of Men and Women in the workplace
Lead Description: This lead consists of the research about the habits of men and women in the workplace
Practice Example:
A study at the University of Michigan shatters some myths. The results were announced today. Women have a reputation for gossiping and talking, yet the study found the reputation is undeserved. The study, which required researchers to observe a number of people at work, found that women work both longer and harder than men—that men spend more time goofing off on the job. The study found that the average employed man spends 52 minutes, or 11 percent of each working day, not working: in scheduled coffee breaks, unscheduled rest breaks, at lunch beyond the normal hour and so forth. The average working woman spends only 35 minutes, or 8 percent of her working day, in such scheduled and unscheduled rest breaks. The same study found that the amount of effort expended by women at work is 112 percent that of men. The discrepancy is more dramatic than the statistics indicate because men earn more than women for the same type of work. The average man in the study earned $13 an hour, compared to 9.34 for the average woman. The women tended to hold mainly clerical jobs, but those in managerial positions also outperformed their male counterparts.
Feature Lead:
Despite the stereotype that women have the habit of gossiping in the workplace, a new study from the University of Michigan proves its actually the opposite. The research study presents findings that its actually men who spend more time not working than their women counterparts. Specifically, men will spend an average of 52 minutes not working, while women would only spend an average of 35 minutes.
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