You have to get their attention somehow COPY EDITORS WRITE HEADLINES On the average five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy When you have written your headline you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar ID: 577278
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WRITING HEADLINES
You have to get their attention somehow!Slide2
COPY EDITORS WRITE HEADLINES
On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.
- David Ogilvy
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HEADLINES ARE THE ADVERTISEMENTS OF NEWS
DON’T tell the obvious
DO be accurate
DON’T steal the reporter’s first paragraph
DO use active verbs and vibrant words
DON’T use “to-be” verbs - they tend to be weakSlide4
HOW DO YOU WRITE A HEADLINE?
Use simple structure and declarative sentences
Summarize the news
Explain the story
Lure readers in
Reflect the tone of the story
Reflect the tone of the publicationSlide5
FORMULA:
SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT =
H
EADLINE
President approves education budget
President approves education budgetSlide6
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
Only be clever when a story calls for it
Don’t write a “cute” headline for a serious story
Don’t overdo the puns
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OTHER CONSIDERATIONS:
ON
THE
WEB:
Headlines
appear with no photo or other context to be
complete
.
Use
keywords like proper names and
locations
.
Don’t
write a long headline - make sure it looks good on an app or mobile device.
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WRITING HEADLINES
You have to get their attention somehow!