Once again, my lede was changed.

I covered Greenpeace stopping by Manatee Academy in Port St. Lucie as part of their Global Warming Story Tour on Wednesday with an afternoon deadline. I finished the article two hours early and even wrote another story.

When my article ran on the front of Thursday’s local section, I noticed it was almost identical to what I wrote with the exception of a few lines – the beginning. The lede is the part I usually spend the most time putting together. I get stuck on the whole story if I can’t think of a lede right away.

Read the article here on TCPalm.com: “Greenpeace exhibit focuses on environment.”

Here’s what I wrote:

PORT ST. LUCIE — Greenpeace is traveling to educate Americans – including local K-8 students – about environmental issues.

The global campaigning organization visited Manatee Academy on Wednesday, the day after a similar stop at the Florida Atlantic University campus in Jupiter, as part of Greenpeace’s Global Warming Story Tour. Principal Mimi Hoffman directed classes of students…