‘Loser Leads’ That Turn Off Editors
5 types of flat, dull, or trite first lines for articles
2 min readJul 22, 2021
Nobody dumps Gatorade on the writing coaches at newspapers who have tried to help reporters turn out sparkling copy amid the apocalypse for the print media. But Jack Hart, a writing teacher and former managing editor at the Oregonian, seems to have deserved that treatment.
