HEADLINE WRITING

What Is a Headline?
 Like a title of a news story
 Concise, short and compelling summary

How to write a good Headline?

 uses subject-verb-direct object format
 eliminates articles (a, an, the).
 includes verbs in the present tense (or sometimes future tense).
 Do not use “and”. Instead, use a comma (,)
For example: SNHS, SorSU ink MOA on Game-based apps

Bad Headline Examples:

 The Twins' opener
 “A presidential tax cut."
 This year's Pulitzer awards
 A season of Christmas carols

Good Headline Examples:

 Filipino Learners Bag 148 Gold Medals at International Kangaroo Mathematics Competition

Headline terms:
 Accord for agreement
 Eyes for sees
 Flap for controversy
 Ink for signs
 Irk for irritate
 Mull for consider
 Nab for steal
 Nix for cancel
 Pact for contract
 Pan for criticize
 Scribe for writer
 Slate for schedule
 Veep for vice president
 Vie for compete
 Weigh for consider
 Woo for persuade