2. Comparing styleExample 1:Example 2: 3. Who is your audience?
Is your front page appealing? Do you want a serious tone or more
informal? 4. Headlines are easy, Arent they? Basic rules Ive been
taught for writing headlines:1. Always use active tense.2. Use
clever punctuation.3. Dont get clever with punctuation. 4. Use the
most vivid image in the story.5. Dont steal the reporters
thunder.6. Use the hed to draw the reader into thestory. 8. Write
the hed so that the reader doesntneed to read the story. 5. Does
anyone know the story behind thisheadline? 6. & Reporting 7.
Edit this! Rob hearkened back to the days when he was a carefree
student with no responsibilities. 8. Is this what you came up with
as youranswer?Rob hearkened back to the days whenhe was a carefree
student. 9. CONTEXT: Does thestory have enough background to make
itunderstandable to a reader who is comingto the story for the
first time? 10. Words Commonly ConfusedCement/concrete -- The
powder in a bag is cement. Concrete isthe substance made from
cement, water, sand and gravel If yourenot writing about a powder,
dont use cement.Exhaustive/exhausting -- Exhaustive means thorough
andcomplete -- in the sense that a topic is exhausted, used
up.Exhausting means profoundly tiring. 11. Glossary of Newspaper
Terms 12. COPY EDITINGWhat in the world is copyediting? 13.
http://vimeo.com/29647469*Visit the link above to watch a video
onCopy Editing 14. TIPS Discuss theheadline Never assumeanything
Always take afresh look Always do theMath Always use all ofthe
tools availableto you 15. Publishing yournewspaperTake a look at
some localexamples of
onlinenewspapers:www.9news.comwww.denverpost.comwww.gazette.comwww.rockymountainnews.com
16. WHAT WILL YOU CALL YOUR NEWSPAPER? THE DENVER TIMES? Or STUDENT
POST? 17. *I need one volunteer to read theirarticle aloud, any
volunteers? 18. Cheers to you for reading your article!Comments,
Questions on anything we talked about? 19. WHAT WAS THESINGLE
MOSTIMPORTANT THINGYOU LEARNED IN THISLESSON?
