10 funniest news headlines
When you write a news release, don’t forget that a strong headline can grab the reporter’s attention. Make it relevant and catchy, 10 words or fewer is good (you can add a sub-head if you need to expand on it). And a catchy headline is useless if it doesn’t actually summarize the information in your release. Sounds easy, but sometimes even reporters get it wrong. On occasion, a headline will make it into print the defies all reason. Here are 10 of my favorites:
1. Something Went Wrong in Jet Crash, Expert Says
2. Queen Mary has Bottom Scraped
3. County to Pay $250,000 to Advertise Lack of Funds
4. Safety Expert Says School Bus Passengers Should be Belted
5. Drunk Gets Nine Months in Violin Case
6. Two Soviet Ships Collide, One Dies
7. Two Sisters Reunited After 18 Years at Checkout Counter
8. Stolen Painting Found by Tree
9. Typhoon Rips Through Cemetery; Hundreds Dead
10. Patient at Death’s Door, Doctors Pull Him Through
