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Weingarten on the lost art of headline writing

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Small Town Guy, Jul 16, 2010.

  1. Small Town Guy

    Small Town Guy Well-Known Member

    Gene Weingarten laments the loss of classic headlines in digital journalism.

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/07/09/AR2010070904048.html

    He also has an entertaining line about online comments.

     
    Small Town Guy, Jul 16, 2010
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  2. jlee

    jlee Well-Known Member

    [quote author=Gene Weingarten]Call me a grumpy old codger, but I liked the old way better. For one thing, I used to have at least a rudimentary idea of how a newspaper got produced: On deadline, drunks with cigars wrote stories that were edited by constipated but knowledgeable people, then printed on paper by enormous machines operated by people with stupid hats and dirty faces.[/quote]

    I nearly spit out my afternoon coffee while chuckling at that.
     
    jlee, Jul 16, 2010
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  3. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Dead-on nails. Loved it.
     
    MileHigh, Jul 16, 2010
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  4. finishthehat

    finishthehat Active Member

    SEO has killed the clever-headline business.
     
    finishthehat, Jul 16, 2010
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  5. HanSenSE

    HanSenSE Well-Known Member

    Hilarious. Too close to the truth, but hilarious.
     
    HanSenSE, Jul 16, 2010
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  6. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    I loved that column.
     
    YGBFKM, Jul 16, 2010
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