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Denise-Marie OrdwayOctober 21, 2021

More mice, fewer breakthroughs: How to avoid bad headlines on stories about health and medical research

“‘Breakthrough’ is the one that leaps out to me because there so rarely is a breakthrough.”

Nick Hagar and Nicholas DiakopoulosOctober 18, 2021

How A/B testing can (and can’t) improve your headline writing

“We found, surprisingly, that no single feature of a headline’s writing style makes much of a difference in forecasting success.”

In The New York Times, A Story on Eels Achieves Headline Perfection

Trying to write a killer headline for social? Here are some of the most (and least) effective phrases

Michael RostonJanuary 22, 2015

Don’t try too hard to please Twitter — and other lessons from The New York Times’ social media desk

The team that runs the Times’ Twitter accounts looked back on what they learned — what worked, what didn’t — from running @NYTimes in 2014.

Joshua BentonFebruary 10, 2014

4 Headlines that Will Restore Your Flagging Faith in Journalism

Or at least explain what Upworthy means for the future of online content.

Michael RostonJanuary 6, 2014

If a tweet worked once, send it again — and other lessons from The New York Times’ social media desk

The team that runs the Times’ Twitter accounts looked back on what they learned — what worked, what didn’t — from running @nytimes in 2013.

Yesterday The Boston Globe ended all your tomorrows

In adjusting its style guide to use calendar days instead of “yesterday,” “today,” or “tomorrow,” the Globe is trying to adapt to the pace of online news. Justin Ellis

February 3, 2011

The Daily, indexed on Tumblr: Check out those headlines!

September 8, 2010

What’s the law around aggregating news online? A Harvard Law report on the risks and the best practices

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