Explaining that writing headlines is a skill, Ms Henson, a highly-respected mentor to many young journalists, also gave her take on what would have made better headlines.
“The safest route for a sub-editor to take is to write what is known as a “label” headline – unfocused, ambiguous. So maybe a headline like: PAP and WP lock horns on Png’s NCMP comments…or WP responds to PAP charges,” she wrote.
Complaints about photos and headlines don’t just come from the opposition parties, she said.
The People’s Action Party apparently complains about media bias too.
“I’ve had to face the ire of PAP heavyweights who complain about unflattering pictures or supposedly misleading headlines during past polls or the amount of acreage given to the opposition. Full story
