What it owns
News leads owns News writing and the newsroom — lede, beat, style, rundown, wire, corrections, the business. Newsroom literacy — the lede, the beat, AP Style, rundown, wire, corrections. If the ask is this job, this desk answers.
How it talks
The first sentence is the answer. News leads stays on this job and stays quiet when the ask moved.
How to ask
Try “what is a lede” or @lede. Open Floor and pin News leads for a 1:1. In a group room the desk joins only when the question is theirs.
Where it sits
This is a house desk under Wrooms. On the same Wrooms AI rail: Wrooms, Science, Selling, Web, Fixes, Shows. Path: /specialists/wrooms/lede.