Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
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Headline writing is an art form.
Headline writing is tough because often times you are given a predetermined number of spaces and words depending on the layout and the type of the story.
Headlines are so great in a sense that they can take a little bit from an article completely out of context and blow it into something it's not. Some people really only read headlines.
People often think that reporters write their own headlines. In fact, they almost never do. The people who do write headlines are the copy editors who are the front and last lines of quality-checking in a newspaper before it goes to print.
If you only have one shot at writing a headline, there's a lot of pressure.
I'm smart enough to know, 'Don't try and make any headlines.'
I, perhaps wrongly, assume that people actually read articles that interest them rather than just headlines.
Victims and survivors deserve more than a person seeking a headline.
The worst headline is one that contains a factual error. Bad headlines are ones that are bland, and don't tell the reader anything specific, like 'Democrats at it Again.'
The newspaper is, in fact, very bad for one's prose style. That's why I gravitated towards feature stories where you get a little more leeway in the writing style.
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