Instructions: Write strong and effective ledes for print or the Internet — hard-news ledes that would be suitable for a story organized as an inverted pyramid. Your ledes must follow AP style and use proper grammar and proper spelling. They must be factually accurate from the information given in this section. You may not make up facts or embellish your ledes with information not given in this section. However, you are expected to correct any spelling, grammar or style errors contained in these items.Please use 14-point Times or Palatino font and double-space your ledes. Submit them electronically or on paper, as instructed by your professor. Please make sure that your name is on your paper.1. Elbert Straight is pastor of Troy’s Last Slightly Baptist Church. Back in 1978, Straight ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Troy. Approximately 50 families attend Straight’s small, country church, and fewer than 100 people are members of the church. Troy police arrested Straight this morning and charged him with drunken driving. Elbert Straight told the arresting officer that he took a cold perscription this morning and he probably should not be driving.2. A 15 year-old troy boy slipped off the trunk of a moving car this morning. His head hit the asphalt and left a stain of blood on the spot. The car was being driven by his 22-year-old brother Chris Boreman. Chris Boreman works at Troy University as a librarian’s helper. The 15-year-old boy’s name is Jay Boreman and he attends Pike County High School. Troy paramedics responded to the accident. The found the boy dead from the accident.3. Sue Williams was crowned Miss Troy last night. Williams attends Troy University and is 22-years-old. During the talent portion, she fell while baton twirling. Her father, Roy, was a judge in the pageant. Other women in the pageant said they thought they smelled beer on Williams’ breath. Williams said if she had the power, she would make sure there was peace on earth and no child would go hungry. .doc file

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Critical Thinking Questions: (Marks 5)Question 1: (1 Mark)Suppose you are a member of a group asked to find ways to cut costs throughout your organization for the upcoming year. Sales have fallen sharply, and the company is in danger of going out of business. After gathering information, your group concludes that the company will save the most money by freezing pay for a year, despite a tradition of annual salary increases. How can you make sure this is a fair decision? How can you make sure that others in the organization will see it as a fair decision?Question 2: Case Analysis (2 Marks)Care, a health consultancy company in Saudi Arabia, is studying the economic benefits of a program of preventative COVID-19 flu vaccinations. Care has to give advice to government for COVID-19 vaccination. If vaccinations are not introduced then the estimated cost to the government if flu strikes in the next year is SR.70m with probability 0.1, SR.100m with probability 0.3 and SR.150m with probability 0.6. It is estimated that such a program will cost SR.70m and that the probability of flu striking in the next year is 0.75.One alternative open to the committee is to institute an “early-warning” monitoring scheme (costing SR.30m) which will enable it to detect an outbreak of flu early and hence institute a rush vaccination program (costing SR.100m because of the need to vaccinate quickly before the outbreak spreads). QuestionAs a consultant of Care, Develop a decision tree for alternatives and make recommendation to Indian government that which alternative can maximize expected economic benefits?
Question 3: (1 Mark)Decision support tools rely on objective, mathematical data. What part does ethics play in using decision support software?Question 4: (1 Mark)If you collect too much information for analyzing a decision, you can suffer from analysis paralysis, where you spend too much time thinking about a decision rather than making one. Recall a major financial decision you made recently, such as of a car or housing purchase or rental. Describe your process for making the decision. How could analysis paralysis have affected this process? .doc file

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