Headline Writing

This book treats headline writing as a craft that can be learned, a skill that can be honed and perfected. It examines in detail the basic elements of a headline and explains the best way to assemble them in order to write an arresting one. Sunil Saxena carefully examines the different kinds of headlines and the advantages and disadvantages of each style of writing. The book instructs the reader in the functions of a headline; the ways to write a headline; the different kinds of headlines;and the do's and don'ts of headline writing. The author also focuses on writing headlines for the Internet, a skill that is essential in the age of new media and technology. All these have been taken from the Indian media.