Hi all! I thought this week’s exercise of looking for headlines was a great one. I have paid a lot of attention to headlines since taking a journalism class last semester. Since I am an English major, I used to simply care about the grammar of the headline, but now that I know what thought goes into them, I appreciate the art of writing a good headline much more. I am also disappointed when I see a poorly written headline.
This week, I saw so many different categories of headlines that were so well-written. The ones I paid most attention to were the infinitive headlines (example: “Toyota to pay up to $3.4 billion to settle US truck lawsuit” - KSL.com). I had seen these before, but hadn’t thought about the difference between these and a present tense headline (example: “Oprah says she has 'hope' for America” - KSL.com). The other headlines I paid specific attention to were the headline that used a semicolon where a period should be (example: “Idaho Falls woman found buried in basement; manhunt underway” - KSL.com), as well as headlines where there is a comma instead of an “and” (“2 Boise officers injured, 1 man dead after search for fugitive” - KSL.com).
Learning about headlines has been one of my favorite lessons, though I was confused about the three line and the deck headlines.
Hi Amy, thanks for your post! I enjoyed the assignments this week as well. I also struggled with finding examples of deck headlines; I wonder if those aren't as common in today's news articles.
ReplyDeleteAmy, I just wanted to point out something that you said. Headline writing is truly an art. It is difficult to summarize what is in the article and at the same time make it something that everyone would want to read.
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