Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Headline writing with the angels

I found the headline, "We're no angels," on this house editorial in the Salt Lake Tribune to be out of character with the story itself. The copy editors who write headlines have a tough job: writing something short and catchy that embodies a nuanced article or editorial. Still, this headline was poor workmanship as it does not attempt to reflect the subtleties of the editorial itself.