<P> A headline 's purpose is to quickly and briefly draw attention to the story . It is generally written by a copy editor , but may also be written by the writer , the page layout designer , or other editors . The most important story on the front page above the fold may have a larger headline if the story is unusually important . The New York Times 's 21 July 1969 front page stated , for example , that `` MEN WALK ON MOON '' , with the four words in gigantic size spread from the left to right edges of the page . </P>
<P> A headline 's purpose is to quickly and briefly draw attention to the story . It is generally written by a copy editor , but may also be written by the writer , the page layout designer , or other editors . The most important story on the front page above the fold may have a larger headline if the story is unusually important . The New York Times 's 21 July 1969 front page stated , for example , that `` MEN WALK ON MOON '' , with the four words in gigantic size spread from the left to right edges of the page . </P>
who writes the headlines to a news story
who writes the headlines to a news story
copy editor writer page layout designer other editors
copy editor writer page layout designer other editors