Newspaper Headlines: How They Can Be Real Fun.

(From The Monitor (Uganda) - AAGM)

Byline: Kevin O!oeconnor

In 1995, a newsvendor in Kampala told me that the most important factor affecting his daily sales was a newspaper!oes front page headline.

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Headlines, especially on the front page, are therefore very important to newspapers. A good headline grabs the attention of potential readers, and results in more sales.

Here are some examples of important headlines …