Writing Headlines

1. WRITING HEADLINES AND ANALYZING
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
ENGLISH IN
JOURNALISM

2. What is Journalism?
Journalism is the activity of gathering, assessing, creating,
and presenting news and information. Including the product
of these activities.
Journalism involves the sifting and editing of information,
comments and events into a form that is recognizably
different from the pure form in which they first occurred.
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3. What is news?
Newly received information, especially about recent or
important events.
The usual definition of news is something that is ‘new,
interesting and true’.
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4. In pairs, discuss the following questions.
1. Which newspapers do you read? Why?
2. What's the biggest news story in your country at the moment?
3. Why are headlines important?
4. Do you find it difficult to read headlines in English? Explain why /
why not.

5. What is headlines?
The headline is the text indicating the
nature of the article or news story
below it. It’s a brief summary of what
is the article about.
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Purpose
A headline's purpose is to quickly and briefly
draw attention to the story.
Headlines should be clear and specific,
telling the reader what the story is about,
and be interesting enough to draw them into
reading the article.

6. Do’s and Don'ts in Writing Headlines
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• The headline should summarize the story. It should contain nothing that is
not found in the story.
• 5-10 words at the most, and should be accurate and specific
• Omit articles like a, an and the and all forms of verb to be (is, are , be),
unless needed to make the meaning clear.
Examples: Reclaimed banks are causes of recurrent flood (are before causes is
not necessary) .

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• The active verb is better than the passive verb in headlines.
Examples: Local Hi‐ Y aid flood victims
But, for variations, and especially when the doer is unknown or not prominent, the
passive verb may be used.

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11. Analyzing Newspaper Articles

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