John Deming creates poetry from the bizarreness that is contemporary American news. His deadpan mindfulness and avant-garde wordplay incorporate newspaper headlines in a way that creates meaning out of our current political and cultural climate, often reflecting the difference between reality and surrealism-a distinction that is crucial today.

Includes a brief history of American journalism and discusses the duties of a journalist, styles of writing, the parts of a newspaper, newspaper and yearbook design, photography, and careers in journalism.

Hit the Headlines charts out a series of fun and inspiring, cross-curricular journalism workshops that enhance key skills and confidence in areas such as: Writing and editing. Critical assessment. Interviewing and observation. Mental flexibility and resourcefulness. Role-playing and teamwork. This book will enable teachers of 9 – 15 year-olds to involve their students in a number of effective and well-tested exercises, games and scenarios, which will encourage them into enthusiastically seeking out and gaining further knowledge in areas such as news, journalism, social issues, IT, data assessment, ‘intelligent observation’, and enhanced questioning and listening. This is ‘organic learning’ at its best! An introduction to the theory behind the book summarises short and long term learning outcomes which your students can achieve through these methods, explaining why scenarios which feel ‘real’ can immerse students and inspire them to achieve greater proficiency. The author also flags up particular aspects of the book which encourage readers to read and use it systematically, as well as to take on specific challenges themselves in order to better assist their students in the writing and editing challenges it contains. Practical photocopiable templates for many chapters are provided, which can be used as classroom (and out-of classroom) exercises, examples and solutions to exercises. Through these engrossing journalistic scenarios, students will learn how to critically assess levels of ‘interest and importance’ of diverse facts, and so begin to understand that report or presentation writing of any sort involves sequencing a critical balance between these two factors. Readers and users of this book can go on to customise their own scenarios, drawing on the stimulating techniques outlined to improve their students’ factual writing and related thinking skills. In particular, classroom teachers in primary, middle and secondary schools and all literacy co-ordinators will find this book extremely useful, as well as students studying for PGCEs and NQTs.

In just pages… You’ll discover what it takes copywriters YEARS of trial & error to figure out. Here’s what pro copywriters know for sure: Visitors are bored. And when visitors are bored, bounce rates skyrocket like a SpaceX launch. And conversion rates plummet right along with the latest crypto trend. They also know that your headlines, subheads and value propositions are likely the key boredom culprits. But how do you fix all of that? Especially when you don’t have the years to invest. Or a desire to become a pro copywriter. You master the most valuable messaging and marketing copy. The copy that consistently has a direct impact on conversions & sales. Since 2011, Headlines, Subheads & Value Propositions has taught startups, agencies & marketers how to nail the most important copy they’ll ever write. In the second book of the Copyhackers Classics Series, Joanna Wiebe shows you how to: • Write stop-in-your-tracks headlines. • Move readers through each section of copy with standout subheads. • Craft a value proposition that shapes your site – and your brand – while boosting sales. And… Joanna includes actionable copywriting strategies, examples and next steps. Plus, a Headline Hall of Shame. ‘Cuz let’s face it, sometimes the best way to learn what to do - is to see what not to do. And you’ll get: • Headline formulas you can AND SHOULD copy (check out chapter 4) • Slap-your-head dos & don’ts, subhead rules (see chapters 5 & 6) • And everything you need to write a value prop that can measurably boost your conversion rate (go to chapter 7) Pick up your copy of Headlines, Subheads & Value Propositions today.

From the legendary copywriting coach: Templates and examples of headlines you can use today to persuade customers—and massively boost profits. The headline makes the difference when it comes to advertising—whether it’s a website, postcard, sales letter, print ad, or direct mail solicitation. Veteran marketers and entrepreneurs know a powerful headline is the most important factor for putting more money in your pocket and attracting, persuading, and retaining your most loyal, valuable customers. Scientific tests have proven it over and over: Just by changing a headline, you can increase an ad’s profitability by two, three, even five times. Finally, here is the world’s #1 resource for quickly and easily creating powerful advertising headlines that are a perfect fit for your business—the kind of headlines that produce record-breaking sales results! Copywriting expert David Garfinkel, who mentors other copywriters for $15,000 and up, offers you one of his most prized possessions: his carefully chosen, market-tested set of advertising headline templates that truly can make you rich! “David Garfinkel is the best copywriter I know.” —Jay Conrad Levinson, bestselling author of the Guerrilla Marketing series

In this nuanced and detailed study of newspaper reporting during the escalation of the second Intifada in the fall of 2000, Daniel Dor shows how real events are subject to distortion and manipulation by the media. In an analysis of the heart of Israel's media establishment -- the newspapers Yediot Ahronot, Ma'ariv, and Ha'aretz -- he finds a wide gap between the reality reported by field reporters and the eventual newspaper accounts framed by editors. Led by beliefs, opinions, and emotional responses rather than the facts provided by their reporters, these editors created a platform on which a new and fearful narrative for Israeli--Palestinian relations was built. Yet while Dor demonstrates that the media construct the news rather than simply report it, his sophisticated analysis also shows that no one entity or person is responsible. Rather than a supreme authority, Dor argues, it is the influence of fear, anger, ignorance, and a desire to please and sell newspapers that threatens the freedom of the press in a liberal democracy.

It’s not just the people in the news that do bad and stupid things. Media headlines would have us believe that bad people do bad things and stupid people do stupid things. But we have all suffered headaches that we did not intend to create and we have all suffered from headaches that others created for us. What if bad and stupid things happen just because normal people do what normal people do? Could there be influences in situations that contribute to people doing bad or stupid things? Headlines and headaches often happen without malice and regardless of knowledge or skills. They happen when normal people use normal human processes to deal with their situations. The processes we use have helped us evolve and survive for thousands of years but the less we understand them, the more they seem to let us down in modern day situations. If we understand how bad and stupid things happen, could we avoid doing bad and stupid things? Could we even prevent bad and stupid situations and make them less painful and more valuable? Using everyday language and real world examples, Steve Whiddett takes us behind some very public headlines and some very real everyday headaches. Headlines, Headaches and the Human Conditionprovides insights into situations and the human condition, which will help you change your own situations. It is a book that we can all use to make situations more manageable and more productive for ourselves, for organisations and for society.