Choosing a headline and planning of article

 According to my research the best way to describe a headline is: "It's a text at the top of a newspaper article, indicating the nature of the article. The headline catches the attention of the reader and relates well to the topic. Modern headlines are typically written in an abbreviated style omitting many elements of a complete sentence but almost always including a non-copula verb".

In addition, I found out that they use different techniques when writing a headline. Some of these are:

• Alliteration which is a repetition of the same beginning letter sound. For instance one of my  headlines on the sidebar will be 'Toddler Tragedy' which will be about a two years old baby that dies because of a car collision.

• Metaphor which is a direct comparison between two unconnected people or things. A good example of this would be 'Saved by the bell'.

• Hyperbole; exaggeration.  For example when a slight problem or difficulty is described as something far worse e.g. NIGHTMARE SEARCH FOR GOOD PUB FOOD.

For this week I was thinking of possible headline and articles that I can use for my newspaper. These are some of the ideas I came up with:

- Two hurt in stab horror

- Toddler tragedy (2 years old died because of car collision)

- SHOOTING HORROR IN PARK (innocent victim was shot as feuding youth clash)

- SHOT DEAD ON THE DOORSTEP (Woman aged 28 was gunned down)

 -DEAD ON COUNCIL DOORSTEP

- COUNCIL SHOOTINGS

- HUMAN ENTRAILS ON COUNCIL DOORSTEP

- ESTATE NIGHT SHOOTINGS


I decided that I might be using this headline and article:

DOORSTEP SHOOTING IN LAMBETH NORTH

Sendeniz  Richards,  Turkish woman aged 35 was gunned down in her home.

Police officers are searching for the killer of Sendeniz .  Yesterday, she was horrifically killed using a shotgun in her house in Frazier Street, Lambeth North. She was immediately rushed to St. Thomas’ Hospital but later died from her injuries.  Her next door neighbour Mr and Mrs McGettigan said that they’ve heard the victim shouting and arguing with a man, the couple assumed that they were talking in their language. ‘She was crying hysterically and he was shouting over her. Moments after, gunshot were fired’.

“The suspect is a man who is well-built and approximately 6ft tall. He was wearing a black baseball jacket, black hoodie, black baseball cap, blue jeans and white trainers.” Friends and relatives believe that the victim’s killer might be the husband as they’ve been having many arguments mainly because of money issues and their planned divorce.

The police have started their search and have posted details about the issue around the local area especially in the Turkish Community Centre (TTC) as the victim and her husband always socialise in the premises. Anybody with information regarding to this matter should call 020 78897 914/ 07944335683 or Crimewatch anonymously on 0800 333 914.

This will be one of my article. As of now I am planning to put this as one of the headline on the sidebar of the front page which can continuously flow to the first page.

Outstanding young entrepreneur

    Sean Garrett was awarded last week with ‘Outstanding Young Entrepreneur 2010’ by Sir Alan Sugar in Waterloo.

    Sean has been very successful throughout the year as he made a total profit of £8 000 from his clothing line ‘Noize’. He makes different varieties of designs but mainly music related ones. Fortunately many musicians loved his designs and they are willing to pay higher price than other customers as they would want to help his clothing line to be successful.

    Sean makes hoodies, T shirts, sweat shirts, jeans and belts; which has been featured in many music videos such as ‘Magic’, ‘The way you are’ and ‘Show me what you got’.

    For anyone who is interested in Sean’s Clothing Line can contact him on www.noizeclothing.com or phone him on 07936782947.

Here are some more ideas that I might use for the headline on the sidebar of the newspaper:


PARK HORROR

PARK HORROR NIGHTMARE

PARK NIGHTMARE

VICTIM SHOT IN HORROR PARK

HORROR VICTIM ON COUNCIL DOORSTEP

SECOND SHOOTING - DOORSTEP OF HORROR

TRAGEDY STRIKES TODDLER

DEATH OF TODDLER IN CAR TRAGEDY

TODDLER IN VIOLENT TRAGEDY

Audrianna, 22 months old died in a car accident. The collision occurred when the bus collided into the car hitting the side of the car. Unfortunately, the baby did not survive but others were injured.