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Read all about it. Writing headlines. Painting pictures with words. Headlines must GRAB the reader’s attention Summarize Intrigue. Main Headline. The main headline, the DOMINANT photo on the page/spread AND the lead story work together to focus the reader’s attention

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  1. Read all about it Writing headlines

  2. Painting pictures with words Headlines must • GRAB the reader’s attention • Summarize • Intrigue

  3. Main Headline • The main headline, the DOMINANT photo on the page/spread AND the lead story work together to focus the reader’s attention • It’s all a part of packaging

  4. Opinions • Should not be stated in a headline with the exception of editorials

  5. Readers scan the news • To see what’s of interest • They may read your story—if the headline attracts them

  6. Headlines should not • Give information that is given in the story • A simple declarative with a subject, verb, and direct object Jags take national championship

  7. Use of tense • Present tense to reflect past action • Use active voice rather than being verbs Coach resigns after assault Not Coach decided to resign

  8. Punctuation • Abbreviations should be avoided • Do not use the name of the school or its initials in a headline • Avoid a, an, and the

  9. Writing multi-line headlines • Keep verb phrase on the same line • Keep adjectives and words they modify on the same line • Keep adverbs and words they modify on the same line • Keep prepositional phrases on the same line • Keep words that go together on the same line • Don’t end a line of headline with a hyphen

  10. Use down-style • This means capitalizing only the first word in the headline and all proper nouns, etc. • All cap headlines are hard to read

  11. More punctuation • Use single quotation marks rather than double • Use a comma in place of ‘and’ • Colons should be used to replace the word ‘said’.

  12. Headline Design • We read left to right • So, your headline should be in larger type at the top of the paper and be on the left hand side if possible.

  13. Samples – Help me out… Single line: Sixth grade center to open Double line: Sixth grade center to open Solving overcrowding conditions

  14. Hammer Rise and shine D-Hall begins at 4 a.m.

  15. Underline It’s always something Students find innovative excuses for tardies

  16. Overline Students find way to open Fortress It’s breaking and entering

  17. Wicket End of October brings a change of seasons and faces and kids chanting ‘Trick or Treat, give me something good to eat’

  18. Tripod Open the pearly gates: And let New Orleans residents Return to a safe haven

  19. Open up the Austin American-Statesman See if you can locate these headline styles • Wicket • Tripod • Overline • Underline • Hammer • Single line • Double line

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