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PARTS OF A NEWSPAPER
Nameplate / Flag Ears / Pugs Teaser/Skybox Banner story /
Splash Folio Headlines
Banner Head Byline Dateline Cut / Photo Cutline / Caption Photo credit Jumpline
PARTS OF A NEWSPAPER
Nameplate / Flag
Ears / Pugs Ears / Pugs
Teaser/Skybox
Folio
Banner story
/ Splash
Headline
Headline
Headline
Banner Head
BylineDateline
Cut / Photo
Cutline / Caption
Photo credit
Jumpline
Masthead
MastheadKickerDeck
Secondary parts:
Thumb corner Exclusive/ScoopGutter
HEADLI
HEADLI
NENEA title givenA title given
to a news itemto a news item
FUNCTIONS OF FUNCTIONS OF HEADLINESHEADLINES
• Headlines give readers the news at a glance.
• Headlines draw attention and capture drama.
Beautiful princess marries prince charming; Shrek commits suicide
Third little pig found guilty of stealing mermaid’s voice
Snow Snow White White brags brags about not about not really really liking liking porridge porridge belonging belonging to the to the bearsbears
The good fairy wins prize The good fairy wins prize for refusing to deliver for refusing to deliver Pinocchio’s consciencePinocchio’s conscience
Headlines organize the news
and the newspaper.
Headlines capture a tone that is consistent to the story.
TONE -- refers to voice, focus, overall identity and purpose
FUNDAMENTAL STEPS FUNDAMENTAL STEPS IN IN
WRITING HEADLINESWRITING HEADLINES::
1.1. Read and summarize Read and summarize
the storythe story..
Dozens of students at Angeles City National High School became ill yesterday after being served a tuna lunch in the school cafeteria,
officials said.Forty-two third-, fourth- and
fifth-graders were taken to two area hospitals, where most were released after treatment for food poisoning and dehydration. Eight students were kept overnight for observation at Angeles Medical Center.
Guide Questions:
What are the key words?
What is the point of the story?
What does the lead/lede and the nut graf say?
2.2. Cast the summary Cast the summary in a sentencein a sentence..
Some guidelines:Demand accuracy. There is no place in newspapers for headlines that are not absolutely accurate. Near enough is not good enough.
Keep it short and direct.
Write active, rather than passive, heads. Almost every head is improved with a strong verb.
(a THESAURUS is a good investment!)
Ask yourself: Ask yourself: WHAT CAN I CHANGE WHAT CAN I CHANGE WITHOUT CHANGING OR CLOUDING WITHOUT CHANGING OR CLOUDING THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE?THE MEANING OF THE SENTENCE?
Make every word count. Avoid Make every word count. Avoid headlines that waste words. headlines that waste words. “Eating"“Eating" is far more direct than is far more direct than “being served “being served with"with"
3.3. Shorten the Shorten the sentence sentence
by putting it by putting it in headline formin headline form
The Basics of headline form:
Use present tense.
Ex: Angry GMA promises
to wipe out Abu Sayyaf
Duterte wants Misuari freed
Eliminate the articles a, an and the
Ex: Skip the highway, mayorappeals to the motorists
`The Aviator’ wins 3 awards
Replace the conjunction Replace the conjunction andand with a with a comma.comma.
Example:Example: Pangasinan groups, Pangasinan groups, execs act to revive execs act to revive mangrovesmangroves
DENR to probe Gov, son DENR to probe Gov, son on illegal logging rapson illegal logging raps
Use figures rather than writing out Use figures rather than writing out numbers higher than one.numbers higher than one.
ExampleExample::Teenager killed, 2 hurt Teenager killed, 2 hurt in collisionin collision
Attack on rebel leader Attack on rebel leader kills son, 3 otherskills son, 3 others
in Arayatin Arayat
• Drop the end punctuationDrop the end punctuation
• Use single instead of double Use single instead of double quotation marksquotation marks
•Example:Example:
•Al-Qaeda capable Al-Qaeda capable of ‘devastating of ‘devastating attack,’attack,’
says UNsays UN
Use semi-colon when there are 2 subjects.
Example:
Trapped child freed from cave;Rescuers lauded for ‘heroic’ effort
For future-tense headlines, replace WILL with TO
Example: 3 Celebrities to appear
on game show
Supply attribution where needed
Example:
Eating more fat raisescancer risk, new study concurs
New research underscores link between cancer, high-fat diet
Use common abbreviations that are approved by your stylebook
Example:
Ebdane warned
of DPWH syndicate
DBM passes buckon ‘love bonus’
Avoid bad breaksAvoid bad breaks
Never divide a first and last nameNever divide a first and last name
Ex: Ex: Victory for AlVictory for Al
Gore seenGore seen Never divide a title and a nameNever divide a title and a nameNever hyphenate to end a lineNever hyphenate to end a line
Ex:Ex: Promising edit-Promising edit-
ing career end-ing career end-
ed by lousy headed by lousy head
Avoid adjective-noun break when each Avoid adjective-noun break when each has a meaning distinct from its partshas a meaning distinct from its parts
Ex:Ex: Ex-con is friedEx-con is fried
chicken chain’s chicken chain’s
manager of yearmanager of year
• Rewritten version:Rewritten version: Ex-con namedEx-con named
best best managermanager
by chicken by chicken chainchain
Avoid preposition-object breakAvoid preposition-object break
Ex:Ex: Republican support forRepublican support fortax break guaranteedtax break guaranteed
Pray forPray for
Pope; don’tPope; don’t
speculatespeculate
4.4. Substitute shorter words Substitute shorter words
and terms for long onesand terms for long ones to make the headline fit to make the headline fit
5.Avoid headlinese5.Avoid headlinese
Headlinese – cliched Headlinese – cliched terminology of short wordsterminology of short words