ROGELIO D.

DELA CRUZ
SPA, Cabiao District
Flush Left (Pantay Kaliwa)
Two or more lines of headlines are aligned at
the left edge of the column.

Malacanang considers
Abat adventure over

US, nangungunang importer

ng mga produkto ng RP
Flush Right (Pantay Kanan)
Two or more lines of a headline are aligned at
the right edge of the column.

Malacanang considers
Abat adventure over

US, nangungunang exporter

ng mga produkto ng RP
Dropline
Two or three lines of a headline, usually of the same
length arranged diagonally.

Dole Philippines donates

armchairs to Sarangani

Timpalak-kagandahan, kalinisan
ng barangay, inilunsad ng LGU
Hanging Indention
Usually three or more lines of headline , the first line set
to flush to both margins and the succeeding lines are
indented from left, thus as if hanging from the first.

Meralco hikes
supply deal
with Napocor

Taguring terorista
sa CPP-NPA, hadlang
sa peace talks – Joma
Crossline
A single line of a headline running over two or more
columns.

Grenade blast kills 2 kids

Roxas, pinuri ng pamunuan ng industriyang tuna

Inverted Pyramid
Two or more lines of headline with the first line
flushed to both margin and the succeeding lines
getting shorter and centered.

DepEd sets new guidelines

for teacher-applicants

Sen. Pimentel, kakalas

na sa oposisyon
Flushline or Full Line
Consists of two or more lines of the same length.

Garci names solons

who also called him

Habambuhay na kulong
sa nanghalay na vendor
UCLC ( Upper Case, Lower Case)
– all words in the headline are
capitalized)

Grenade Blast Kills 2 Kids

Roxas, Pinuri Ng Pamunuan

Ng Industriyang Tuna
Downstyle – only the first word of
first line is capitalized (and proper
nouns)
Grenade blast kills 2 kids

Roxas, pinuri ng pamunuan

ng industriyang tuna
Other Kinds of Headline
Streamer – striking boldfac e head extending across the
top of the page .
Umbrella – a streamer is placed at the very top of the
page above the nameplate of the newspaper.
Binder – a streamer at the top of an inside page.
Jump-head (run-over head) – headline of a news story
which is cut and continued on the inside page; it is
followed by the words continued from p. __ or the like.
Subhead – a short title of a portion of a news story to
break the monotony of gray text, set in boldface and
occupies more than half of the column width.
Tagline or kicker – a short line placed above the main
head, may be of smaller type, underlined and set flush
left or centered.
No’s in Headline Writing
1. Periods
2. Question marks
3. Exclamation Points
4. Headlines written in all capital letters
5. UCLC ( Use Downstyle instead)
6. Use of articles a, an, the
7. Words like and, at (Filipino) - use comma instead
exemption: Pepe and Pilar staged at Meralco
theater
Florante at Laura shown
at school auditorium