‘Now what?’ and ‘What now?’ plaster front pages; what each says

September 30th, 2008 at 11:56am Georgette Braun

In journalism, we’re told to look ahead in the stories we write and to write “conversationally.” We’re told to read a story aloud to hear how it sounds.

What I’m hearing about Monday’s failure in the House to approve the financial institution bailout in the two-word headlines that grabbed me most from the front pages published at newseum.org is this:

Anger from the headline writers and their bosses at the papers who plastered “Now what?” as their top headlines today. Those papers include The Columbus Dispatch, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, St. Petersburg Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and The Bakersfield Californian. You know what it feels like when someone like your mom or dad says to you, “Now what?!!??”

Looking forward without blame from the headline writers and their bosses at the papers who plastered “What now?” as their top headlines today. They include The Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Metro-New York Edition, Pioneer Press (St. Paul), Detroit Free Press, The Indianapolis Star, The Denver Post, The Advocate (Stamford, Conn.)

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