Headlines?

1. Headlines? Making sure you convey the proper meaning

2. Something Went Wrong in Plane Crash, Expert Says

3. Police Begin Campaign to Run Down Jaywalkers

4. Cold Wave Linked to Temperatures

5. Safety Experts Say School Bus Passengers Should Be Belted

6. Stud Tires Out

7. Lung Cancer in Women Mushrooms

8. Eye Drops off Shelf

9. Teacher Strikes Idle Kids

10. War Dims Hope for Peace

11. Squad Helps Dog Bite Victim

12. Shot Off Woman's Leg Helps Nicklaus to 66

13. Enraged Cow Injures Farmer with Ax

14. Miners Refuse to Work after Death

15. Juvenile Court to Try Shooting Defendant

16. Stolen Painting Found by Tree

17. Never Withhold Herpes Infection from Loved One

18. Drunken Drivers Paid $1000

19. If Strike isn't Settled Quickly, It May Last a While

20. Red Tape Holds Up New Bridge

21. Deer Kill 17,000

22. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead

23. Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge

24. Astronaut Takes Blame for Gas in Spacecraft

25. Kids Make Nutritious Snacks

26. Chef Throws His Heart into Helping Feed Needy

27. Arson Suspect is Held in Massachusetts Fire

28. British Union Finds Dwarfs in Short Supply

29. Local High School Dropouts Cut in Half

30. New Vaccine May Contain Rabies

31. Prosecutor Releases Probe into Undersheriff

32. Old School Pillars are Replaced by Alumni

33. Bank Drive-in Window Blocked by Board

34. Hospitals are Sued by 7 Foot Doctors

35. Sex Education Delayed, Teachers Request Training

36. Include your Children when Baking Cookies

37. Panda Mating Fails; Veterinarian Takes Over

38. HEADLINE RULES 1. Your headline should be specific to your story – avoid general ones • Non-example: Parents angry • Example: Parents angry over school district’s revised dress code

39. HEADLINE RULES 2. Use present tense for past and present events; use future tense (‘to’ and ‘will’) for future events • Example: Verlander powers Tigers to win over Yanks • Example: Colbert to host Oscars

40. HEADLINE RULES 3. In the interest of saving space, omit ‘a,’ ‘an,’ ‘the’; use the comma in place of ‘and’; use single quotation marks when this punctuation is needed; do not place period at end of headline • Non-example: AColonie man was killed by a delivery truck. • Example: Colonie man is killed by delivery truck

41. HEADLINE RULES 4. Use only widely known abbreviations • Non-example: UABoutlasts ECU in Conference USA b-ball marathon • Example: Alabama-Birmingham outlasts East Carolina in Conference USA basketball marathon

42. HEADLINE RULES 5. When you are writing for YOUR paper, omit school name or abbreviation (it’s a given) • Non-example: Shen students upset over new Halloween policy • Example: Students express frustration over new Halloween policy

43. HEADLINE RULES 6. Avoid repeating the same word of another form of the word • Non-example: Man suffers serious injuries in serious car crash • Example: Saratoga man suffers critical injuries in car crash

44. HEADLINE RULES 7. Attribute opinion; keep headlines objective (unless it’s an opinion piece) • Non-example: Republicans are to blame for economic crisis • Example: Republicans are to blame for economic crisis, says Biden

45. HEADLINE RULES 8. Use facts from the lead of a well-written story as the basis for your headline • Non-example: Hockey is on the horizon • Example: Hockey team looking to rebound from last year’s loss in sectional final

46. Problems with these? • The school’s new policy is a bad one. • Albany man is gunned down by a Troy man • UVM topped UMBC in men’s baseball • A-Rod has got to go • Gillibrand and Long debated at Skidmore College.