Monday’s top stories

Not having provided you with a “top stories” post for Sunday, here’s what I would have chosen for today:

National/International

  1. Iran Election Aftermath — This is our lede. Main story: Khameini calls for probe into fraud allegations against his boy Ahmadinejad while demonstrations continue.
  2. Iran sidebar — Lots of possibilities, but I lean toward this analysis by NYT that explains why Ahmadinejad may now be more powerful than ever.
  3. Bibi OKs Palestinian state, conditionally — This would have been in the paper yesterday, but I didn’t do one. So for me, as for the WSJ, this remains a top story. Not quite the lede, but big.
  4. Pirate Threat Grows in Gulf — Another WSJ story, which may not have been available to my theoretical newspaper. Still looking for a wire version. But it shows that the reach of piracy is getting wider.

Local/State

  1. Legislative advancer — Sets up this week’s mini-session.
  2. Girl Scout Camp Closing — Kind of soft, kind of featury. But it does a couple of things — tells us about a long-term trend, and reflects what’s going on in our community in a bit of a step-back way. See, I’m not just a hard-news guy; I’m flexible. This helps the mix, and has art to boot — although if you can find stronger art with the lede story, you might make that the focal point of your page, and run the camp art smaller.

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