it’s all in your head(line) by bobby hawthorne, uil academic director
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It’s all in your Head(line)
By Bobby Hawthorne, UIL Academic Director
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Sell the story. A good head involves readers much like a clever ad.
Tell the facts. Precise and specific heads inform readers instantly of what they may or may not want to read.
Be accurate. All facts, names, numbers, whatever must be correct.
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Be objective. Don’t editorialize.
Simple but precise. No fancy words. No weird constructions. Find the right word to communicate the meaning.
Make tone fit content. Serious story. Serious headline. Funny story. Funny headline.
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Kinds of Head(line)s
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• 1-line-headline
Bricklayers engage in mortar combat
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• 2-line-headline
Backers hot for chilias U.S. official food
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• 3-line-headline
Mosquitosbiting intoholiday fun
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• Avoid semicolons. The headline should be a single sentence, not a collection of sentences.
Hurricane strikes;School swamped;Pep rally cancelled Better:
Pep rally cancelledafter hurricaneslams into school
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• Main/secondary headline
Standing tall5’-4” guard rises to challenge of leading
Tigers
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• Main/secondary headline
Driven to destructionPolice play gameof cat and mousewith illegal racers
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• Main/secondary headline
Whole new ballgameNolan Ryan makes smooth transition to jobhelping oversee state’s parks, wildlife areas
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• Main/Secondary headline
Dress code approvedPolicy mostly affects girls, critics say
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• Be as specific as possible in your headline. Get to the heart of the news.
School board discusses itemsat heated Tuesday meeting
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2 board members arrestedfor inciting drunken brawl
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• Don’t pad headlines with school initials or dates. Also, avoid initials and abbreviations in headlines.
Too vague…
2004 MHS FFA plansto hold annual rodeo
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• More specific…
Willie Nelson to appearat FFA rodeo Saturday
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• Put all parts of a verb on the same line
George Bush willattend Mensa meetingpurely as spectator
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• No articles. Use a comma instead of “and”
Heat wave blisters California, Texas
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• No clichés.
Swimmers dive into season
Golfers swing into action
Exchange students say ‘Hasta la Vista’
Math Club multiplies
Football team tackles opposition
Drama Club acts up
Military recruiters say, ‘I Want You’
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• Do not repeat key words or phrasesfrom the main headline into the secondary headline
Pocket lasers bannedAuthorities ban laser pointers
Just in case you didn’t catch it, the repetition is the word “laser”
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Pocket lasers bannedPrincipal cites injuries, class disruptions
This headline provides twice as much information in the same amount of space! Yippee!
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• Avoid "headline-ese" either in the form of simplified spellings or odd synonyms.
Board to meet Tuesday nite
Senior play to continuethru Easter
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• Avoid initials or abbreviations, unless the initials are instantly recognizable. From the UT-Austin’s Daily Texan:
ACLU considers lawsuit for SFA’s YCT
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• Avoid passive verbs in headlines.
Internet fraud iscause of worryfor administrators
Better:
Internet fraudconcerns administrators
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• It is permissible to use implied passive verbs.
Three (are) killed in auto accident
Federal grant (is) renewed
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High-speed train plans (are) derailed
Parents’ attitudeson drugs (are) surveyed
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• Put modifiers and words modified on the same line
Litigant has no right to layadviser in chambers, judge rules
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• Put modifiers and words modified on the same line
Fire guts Fred AstaireDance Studio, 2 injured
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• Put all parts of a verb on the same line
Nichols willnot appealconvictions
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• Put all parts of a verb on the same line
Big surprise: Nader willrun for president again
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• Do not end a line with a preposition
Baseball team ready forplayoff game, coach says
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• Do not end a line with a preposition
No love lost betweenLonghorns, Sooners
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• When separating two sentences in a headline, do so with a semi-colon.
Bardwell named Educator of the Year;experts call it sign of plunging standards
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• The main headline should never be dependent on a kicker or other secondary headline.
If elected in November, Kerry to pardon Osama bin Laden, SaddamNo details exist, but Limbaugh says it could happen
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• Alliteration in headlines should be used sparinglyand in appropriate situations.Acceptable:
New Planetary PuzzlersA distant, oversize world causes cosmic confusion
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Take ‘meowt’ to the cat showAnnual festival of felines begins today
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• Unacceptable:
Cheney’s chest chinkVice president’s thumper goes thud
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• The headline should reflect the mood of the story.
Band itching for practiceas soon as mosquitos killed
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Without electives, studentswould be even dummer
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Bears capture playoff birth
• Be careful of word use and misinterpretation.
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Bush, Kerrybutt heads
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Panda mating fails;veterinarian takes over
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Be sure to eat right before surgery
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Kicking baby considered to be healthy
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Crowds rushing to seePope trample 6 to death
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Police Say Man HidCrack in Buttocks