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Headline Writing

Headline Writing. Miss Dalton Miss Wadycki Mrs. Verpooten. Purposes of Headlines. Let readers get the highlights quickly Give the mood of the story Give readers the most important information. Writing News Headlines. Read the story so you really know what is going on.

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Headline Writing

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  1. Headline Writing Miss Dalton Miss Wadycki Mrs. Verpooten

  2. Purposes of Headlines • Let readers get the highlights quickly • Give the mood of the story • Give readers the most important information

  3. Writing News Headlines • Read the story so you really know what is going on. • Summarize the most important information • Write the information into one phrase

  4. The Rules #1 Start out writing a summary sentence

  5. The Rules A man was robbing a bank when he fell and broke his leg so he got caught and lost the $33 thousand.

  6. The Rules #1.5 Condense it to get only the necessary info

  7. The Rules A bank robber broke his leg so he got caught and lost $33 thousand.

  8. The Rules #2 Delete Articles (A, An, The)

  9. The Rules Bank robber broke his leg so he got caught and lost $33 thousand.

  10. The Rules #3 Delete “to be” verbs (Am Is Are Was Were Be Being Been)

  11. The Rules #3.5 Change all verbs to present tense

  12. The Rules Bank robber breaks his leg so he gets caught and loses $33 thousand.

  13. The Rules #4 Only capitalize the 1st word and proper nouns

  14. The Rules Bank robber breaks his leg so he gets caught and loses $33 thousand.

  15. The Rules #5 Don’t repeat exact wording of lead

  16. The Rules Bank robber breaks his leg so he gets caught and loses $33 thousand.

  17. The Rules #6 Write numbers as numerals (23, not twenty-three)

  18. The Rules Bank robber breaks his leg so he gets caught and loses $33,000.

  19. The Rules #7 Delete the words “and” & “so” Replace it with a comma

  20. The Rules Bank robber breaks his leg, gets caught, loses $33,000

  21. The Rules #8 Delete possessive words (his, hers, their, its)

  22. The Rules Robber breaks leg, gets caught, loses $33,000

  23. The Rules #9 Rework and reword until it fits in the space allowed for it

  24. The Rules Robber breaks leg, loses $33,000

  25. Secondary Headlines A secondary headline follows the same general rules, is in a smaller font size and gives more detail

  26. Secondary Headlines Police make bust after thief trips down stairs Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Story story story. Blah blah blah. Robber breaks leg, loses $33,000

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  29. Milk drinkers are turning to powder

  30. If Strike Isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last Awhile

  31. Miners Refuse to Work after Death

  32. NJ judge to rule on nude beach

  33. Queen Mary having bottom scraped

  34. Grandmother of 8 shoots hole in 1

  35. Psychics predict world didn’t end yesterday

  36. Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says

  37. Blind woman gets kidney from dad she hasn’t seen in years

  38. Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft

  39. Hospitals sued by 7 Foot Doctors 

  40. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

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