Week 11

U.S.

14-Year-Old Finds 6-Week-Old Infant in A Shoe Box on His Back Porch

After pregnant girlfriend poured boiling water on his head, FIU TE done for season

Sporting News Thu, Nov 10 8:03 AM PST

4-month-old baby dies after getting sick at daycare

New York Post 8 hours ago 

U.S.

Chicago Man Allegedly Beat, Stomped 21-Month-Old Girl to Death

chrisharristimeinc,People 1 hour 2 minutes ago 

I apologize for my choices of headlines because they are all devastating. I would assume that when you read some of these, you had some sort of reaction. Your eyes widened, you shook your head, you gasped, said something like, “I cannot believe that happened” or, “That is so sad!” I wanted to prove a point that headlines can make you feel a certain way if written correctly. The news is obviously awful in of itself, however the headlines could have been in written in a way that a reader would not care to open up and read more.

California woman carrying human skull on stick prompts investigation

By Rory Carroll

Police rescue deer that became entangled in pool cover

Associated PressOctober 28, 2016

Face-biting attacker: 'I ate something bad ... humans'

Associated PressNovember 1, 2016

The above headlines are headlines that I came across and had to read multiple times. I literally said out loud, “what the heck?” These are headlines that prompt readers to ask themselves questions. For example, “How did that happen? Is this real? Why is this news?” If a headline can prompt a reader to ask a question, I feel it is a good headline! It will draw the reader in to receiving more information.