How to Write NEWS Headline?

WHAT IS NEWS HEADLINE? 

NEWS Headline is the most important component of the News writing as it expresses the content of the story in gist. It captures the reader’s attention and also serve as the source material for search engine. NEWS headline must be written precisely and specifically. There is no general rule that the NEWS headline should not exceed 10 words however, keeping short is the key to well written News. Using KISS (Keep it short and simple), Method will assist in writing short but informative headlines.

Besides, writing precisely, writer are recommended to use a present tense and active verbs while writing a news as generally news are the current/present affairs. Example: A Man bites a Dog/Man skateboards for homeless. Additionally, News headline must be written in a complete sentence. Example: Crackdown on Trafficking doesn’t tell you who’s doing the trafficking and what kind of trafficking.

As a news writer one need to omit the use of  Articles like  A, an and the. Moreover, omit the use conjunction.  Instead it is recommended to substitute with coma. For instance, President declares peace, holiday. Finally, unidentified Pronouns like “They wins football” cannot be a headline as it do not say or tell who is  "they".

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Essay sample 1- E-Learning and it's cons.

 

The Global Pandemic have done more harm than good. Pandemic have been grave experience on people globally as it led to deaths, sickness, loss of jobs and impacted economy globally. It affected various sectors in particularly, education sector more. Nation lockdown have led to increased use of technologies which made people complacent. Excessive use of technologies have hindered learning and e-learning system have led to education poverty among underprivileged section of the society.

The nation Lockdown compelled ministry of education to opt for online platform to ensure the continuity in learning. But the use of technologies have increased screen time wherein, it made students complacent about their learning. Unlike in conventional classroom, they depend on gadget to study or do their work. Additionally, increased screen time have led to use of technologies which made Bhutanese students reluctant and complacent about their academic duties as cited in kuensel(July,28,2020). 

The online platform have helped schools to continue education and have fulfilled academic  targets, However, the excessive use have hindered learning. Ministry of education upon closure of school started tele-education however, many students from remote section of the society missed and the one's who accessed  could not use it well as many students used it for other purposes like gaming. As a result, many students became addictive and complacent and discontinued their education as cited in the Bhutanese (2020).

E-learning have led to education poverty among underprivileged part of the society though it helped school continue education. As per the Ministry of Education as cited in kuensel (July,2020), Ministry did all in its capacity to keep students engaged during the school closure by spending millions in developing study materials like self instructional materials. However, it was observed that children dropping out of schools increased in compare to previous years. As per the Bhutanese ( August 8, 2020), 210 students from class XII and X discontinued their schools and according to Bhutan Canada Foundation (May 21, 2020), 16884 youths did not have accessed to e-learning platforms. Therefore, E-learning resulted in education poverty among those students.

The outbreak of the deadly disease have brought upon changes in education system and mostly for worse. It led to use of technologies in teaching and learning processes over conventional method. While doing so, it made students complacent, hindered learning and led to education poverty among remote section of the society.

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Journal writing 11 Science

 Student Activity

Direction: You are to attempt and answer the Question below in not less than 150 words in comment section. Deadline 25.06.22.

What favors have you asked of a friend? Is there one friend you repeatedly turn to for favors? Why do you turn to for favors? Why do you turn to that friend so frequently? or conversely do you have a friend for whom you continue to grant favors, even though you know they won't repay them? Why do you continue

to do?

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Journal Writing 11 Arts

Student Activity

Direction: You are to attempt and answer the Question below in not less than 150 words in comment section. Deadline 25.06.22.

What favors have you asked of a friend? Is there one friend you repeatedly turn to for favors? Why do you turn to for favors? Why do you turn to that friend so frequently? or conversely do you have a friend for whom you continue to grant favors, even though you know they won't repay them? Why do you continue to do?

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Venus, The hottest Planet.

 Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system because Venus has thick blanket of atmosphere which allows sun rays to enter but doesn't let terrestrial radiation to reflect back in which the trapped heat makes the planet hot. 

                                          Figure 1.1 Venus 

                                       Figure 1.2 The Heat Budget of Earth.

The above figure 1.2 the heat budget of the earth shows that once sun rays falls on the earth surface, it tend to reflect back the terrestrial radiation. and due to the presence of the atmosphere layer, some amount are retained in the atmosphere. Like wise, Venus planet is said to have atmosphere which is thicker than the one that earth has, thus, it traps all the incoming radiation and do not let the terrestrial radiation to reflect back, meaning the heat is retained inside by the thick atmosphere. Therefore, Venus is the Hottest planet of the solar system. 

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