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This week was more to do with headlines. To be able to write a good valid headline, you first need to read the entire story. You cannot expect to write a good headline without knowing all of the information the headline should really explain and tell the entire idea of the story. In chapter 10 of the reading, it talks about how news headlines serve a number of additional functions, other than knowing what the story is going to be about. It helps you to have a quick guide to news stories, and they help audiences rank the importance of the stories. They will tell you something about the content and about the tone of the story without even having to read the full story. While writing or reading headline, you need to be sure that whatever you are writing or reading, draws to the eye. I mean your eye is what is reading it… right? Yes, it is. A good news headline should bring all of the elements together and should generate the words in a way that provides images to your head. A one liner for a headline should be good enough for a wide story.

Thoughts... anyone?