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1. Describe the elements of a good lead paragraph and the use and importance of headlines.

2. Write a news article of at least three paragraphs, using a good lead paragraph about something interesting that has happened in your church, school, home, or Pathfinder Club.

3. What are the essentials of writing a good story?

4. Know the difference between passive and active verbs, and give three comparative examples.

5. Write to a publisher, requesting story-writing guidelines.

Story writing guidelines are available free from the following:

Review and Herald Pusblishing Association

55 West Oak Ridge Drive

Hagarstown, MD 21740

http://www.reviewandherald.org/services/guidelines.asp

6. Write a story on one of the following:

a. How you rfamily frst accepted Christ, whether it was you, your parents, your grandparents, etc.
b. Personal experiences of answered prayer or divine guidance.
c. An interesting pet that you have had.
d. An experience you have had while at summer camp or on a camping trip.
e. When God first became real to you as a frind and personal savior.
f. The most difficult thing about being a Christian today.

7. Submit a story to a Seventh-day Adventist publication.

8. Know how to write a cover letter to the editor for submitting your story or article and write a cover letter to the editor to include with your story or article.

9. What education is helpful for getting into the career of journalism?

10. What types of jobs are available for anyone who is interested in journalism?

References

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-{{dablink|This is an article about newspaper headlines. For the Wikipedia guideline, see [[Wikipedia: Headlines]].}}  ''For an article about a U.S. television series which aired under this title, see'' [[Big Town]].
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+==1. Describe the elements of a good lead paragraph and the use and importance of headlines.==
+==2. Write a news article of at least three paragraphs, using a good lead paragraph about something interesting that has happened in your church, school, home, or Pathfinder Club.==
+==3. What are the essentials of writing a good story?==
+==4. Know the difference between passive and active verbs, and give three comparative examples.==
+==5. Write to a publisher, requesting story-writing guidelines.==
+Story writing guidelines are available free from the following:
-[[Image:Deweytruman12.jpg|right|thumb|300px|A well-known headline from the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'', mistakenly announcing defeat for [[Harry S. Truman]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1948|1948 U.S. presidential election]].]]
+: Review and Herald Pusblishing Association<br>
+: 55 West Oak Ridge Drive<br>
+: Hagarstown, MD 21740
+: http://www.reviewandherald.org/services/guidelines.asp
-A '''headline''' is text at the top of a [[newspaper]] article, indicating the nature of the article below it.
+==6. Write a story on one of the following:==
+*'''a. How you rfamily frst accepted Christ, whether it was you, your parents, your grandparents, etc.'''
+*'''b. Personal experiences of answered prayer or divine guidance.'''
+*'''c. An interesting pet that you have had.'''
+*'''d. An experience you have had while at summer camp or on a camping trip.'''
+*'''e. When God first became real to you as a frind and personal savior.'''
+*'''f. The most difficult thing about being a Christian today.'''
-Headlines may be written in [[bold]], and are written in a much larger size than the article text. Headline conventions include normally using present tense, [[zero copula|omitting forms of the verb "to be"]] in certain contexts, and removing short articles like "a" and "the". Most newspapers feature a very large headline on their front page, dramatically describing the biggest news of the day. A headline may also be followed by a smaller secondary headline which gives a bit more information or a subhead (also called a deck or nutgraf in some areas).
+==7. Submit a story to a Seventh-day Adventist publication.==
-Headlines are generally written by [[copy editor]]s, but may also be written by the writer, the page layout designer or a news editor or managing editor.
+==8. Know how to write a cover letter to the editor for submitting your story or article and write a cover letter to the editor to include with your story or article.==
-Occasionally, the need to keep headlines brief leads to unintentional double meanings, if not [[double entendre]]s.  For example, if the story is about the president of Iraq trying to acquire weapons, the headline might be IRAQI HEAD SEEKS ARMS.  Or if some agricultural legislation is defeated in the United States House of Representatives, the title could read FARMER BILL DIES IN HOUSE.
+==9. What education is helpful for getting into the career of journalism?==
+==10. What types of jobs are available for anyone who is interested in journalism?==
+==References==
-The film ''[[The Shipping News]]'' has an illustrative exchange between the protagonist, who is learning how to write for a local newspaper, and his [[publisher]]:
+[[Category:Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book]]
-*''Publisher'': It's finding the center of your story, the beating heart of it, that's what makes a reporter.  You have to start by making up some headlines. You know: short, punchy, dramatic headlines.  Now, have a look, [''pointing at dark clouds gathering in the sky over the ocean''] what do you see? Tell me the headline.
-*''Protagonist'': HORIZON FILLS WITH DARK CLOUDS?
-*''Publisher'': IMMINENT STORM THREATENS VILLAGE.
-*''Protagonist'': But what if no storm comes?
-*''Publisher'': VILLAGE SPARED FROM DEADLY STORM.
-In the United States, headline contests are sponsored by the [[American Copy Editors Society]], the [[National Federation of Press Women]], and many state press associations.
-==Famous headlines==
-{{unreferenced}}
-*WAR BREAKS OUT IN EUROPE
-*ATOMIC BOMB DROPPED ON HIROSHIMA
-*PRESIDENT SHOT DEAD
-*MAN WALKS ON MOON
-==Unusual headlines==
-[[Image:Ford to City.PNG|thumb|175px|right|The '''Drop Dead''' cover in 1975]]
-*WALL ST. LAYS AN EGG - ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' on [[Black Monday]] (1929)
-*[[Sticks nix hick pix|STICKS NIX HICK PIX]] - ''Variety'' writing that rural moviegoers preferred urbane films (1935)
-*DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN - The ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reporting the wrong election winner (1948)
-*FORD TO CITY: DROP DEAD - ''[[New York Daily News]]'' reporting the denial of a federal bailout (1975)
-*SICK TRANSIT'S GLORIOUS MONDAY - ''New York Daily News'' reporting a state transit bailout (1980)[http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/history-nycta1980s.html]
-*GOTCHA! - The UK ''[[The Sun (newspaper)|Sun]]'' on the sinking of the ''[[ARA General Belgrano|Belgrano]]'' during the [[Falklands War]] (1981)
-*HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR - ''[[New York Post]]'' on a local murder (1983)
-*HICKS NIX KNICKS IN SIX - ''New York Daily News'' on an [[NBA Finals]] win by [[Indiana Pacers]] (2000)
-*SUPER CALEY GO BALLISTIC. CELTIC ARE ATROCIOUS - ''The Sun (newspaper)'' on Inverness Caledonian Thistle's huge Scottish Cup upset against Glasgow Celtic.[http://www.a-z-dictionaries.com/blog/?page_id=69]
-==External links==
-* [http://www.smileycat.com/miaow/archives/000150.html Typography for headlines] A collection of headlines for online articles and blog posts that display interesting and creative typography. A good source of design inspiration.
-* [http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/features/frontpage/homepage.html Front Page - The British Library] Exhibition of famous newspaper headlines (2006)
-==See also==
-* [[headlinese]]
-* "[[Headlines (The Tonight Show)|Headlines]]" (from ''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno]]'')
-[[Category:Headlines]]
-[[de:Schlagzeile]]
-[[ja:見出し]]
-[[pt:Manchete]]
-[[zh:頭條新聞]]