HEADLINING

First impressions are important, and when it comes to Journalism, the first impression is the headline. There is a lot of power in a headline.

You can either make it sound worth reading, or just completely stupid. 

Come on Tom Philp.

Today was our first tutorial and it was all about headlines. We partnered up in the class and made a headline for our partner. I had Sally and all I could think of the entire time was that I knew way too much about her to take this activity seriously! Teasing each other about being alcoholics and shop-aholics left us with a bunch of memories after only knowing each other for a few weeks. 

However, as soon as we were told we would be sharing with the class, we thought we better start taking this a bit more serious. I learnt a lot about Sally in those few moments.

Headlining was not as easy as I had expected! But at least Tom Philp had shown me exactly what not to write.. 

I felt like I went crazy online in this tutorial. I made a new email account (I now have about five different ones), I made a second Twitter account and I activated my blog. It all felt pretty daunting really, like it was actually time for me to get out of holiday mode and start making my mark on Journalism 1111. It was time to take the first step.
My tutor made it all sound pretty simple, as if it was just a matter of putting words on a page. So that is exactly what I'd do.

And so it all began.

IN THE BEGINNING GOD MADE JOURNALISM.

13.03.2012