Headlines are the most important factor on a newspaper page. Two shocking statistics were noted in the chapter nine reading that backup why a headline is necessary. A study done by The Readership Institute recorded on average, readers spend only about 26 minutes a day reading a Monday- Friday print newspaper. And according to the Nielsen Analysis, reported in the 2010 State of the News Media report, users of the top 20 news websites spend only 3 minutes and 4 seconds per visit. Because so little time is spent reading newspapers and online websites, the headline gives most readers the information of the entire news story. As I scanned newspapers the past few days, I kept in mind the four principles when writing a headline to pick out the best
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After reading the article, the headline is accurate with the content of the story. Because the story talks about a divide between the Southeast, the headline does a good job about staying neutral. This may create a motive for readers to want to read the full story to learn more about the divide happening. Searching the words drilling plan on The New York Times website lead me to the online version of this article. The headline read, “Divide Grows in Southeast Over Offshore Drilling Plan.” The online headline added the additional word, offshore, that the newsprint did not include. The web head was effective in doing a general search …show more content…
I also feel as I am not interested in reading any further into the article because the most important information had already been stated. The article went into depth of Clinton talking about the two appearances he was making which I got out of the headline, and the only information the headline did not cover was the event information. The headline count was 4 line 13 count. I rewrote the headline to say, “Anticipated First Man campaigns in Nebraska today.” When searching the key words Bill Clinton on The Omaha World Herald’s online website, the first link sent me to the same story as found in print. The headline read, “Bill Clinton to make stops Friday at Omaha’s The Waiting Room and in Lincoln.” The article was first published online Thursday and then in the newspaper Friday. The headlines changed to relate to the day published but the content of the story did not change. When making a general web search, the web head was effective enough to make it easy to
After reading the article, the headline is accurate with the content of the story. Because the story talks about a divide between the Southeast, the headline does a good job about staying neutral. This may create a motive for readers to want to read the full story to learn more about the divide happening. Searching the words drilling plan on The New York Times website lead me to the online version of this article. The headline read, “Divide Grows in Southeast Over Offshore Drilling Plan.” The online headline added the additional word, offshore, that the newsprint did not include. The web head was effective in doing a general search …show more content…
I also feel as I am not interested in reading any further into the article because the most important information had already been stated. The article went into depth of Clinton talking about the two appearances he was making which I got out of the headline, and the only information the headline did not cover was the event information. The headline count was 4 line 13 count. I rewrote the headline to say, “Anticipated First Man campaigns in Nebraska today.” When searching the key words Bill Clinton on The Omaha World Herald’s online website, the first link sent me to the same story as found in print. The headline read, “Bill Clinton to make stops Friday at Omaha’s The Waiting Room and in Lincoln.” The article was first published online Thursday and then in the newspaper Friday. The headlines changed to relate to the day published but the content of the story did not change. When making a general web search, the web head was effective enough to make it easy to