Stranger than fiction
Dispelling some newspaper myths in Tucson:
Myth: Reporters write the headlines on their stories.
Fact: Specialized journalists known as copy editors write headlines, based on their readings of the stories. Headline writing is a combination of skillful art and science. The art is in the use of succinct, accurate and interesting words; the science is in making them fit a defined and limited space.
posted by Nicole @ 11:44 AM
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4 Comments:
It seems so simple to those of us on the inside, but damned if there aren't a bunch of fundamental misunderstandings of how the media work. The biggest misunderstanding — and perhaps the most pervasive — is that editorials are the same as news stories.
We've all read those darned letters to the editor (the ones that never make it into print) that begin "George Will is clearly biased in his reporting of affirmative action" or some such.
Ah, despair.
I don't think it's possible without a major restructuring of deadlines to make it possible.
It would also vary greatly by paper.
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