The picture below is what is shown from one of CNN's tweets. Since Twitter has a certain amount of characters you can put in one tweet, news sources have to be creative when it comes to providing news on Twitter specifically. Not only is it good practice to have concise, creative headlines, it is necessary for this specific platform. The headline for this article was "The number of new US coronavirus cases reported in a single day hit a new high on Friday". This headline is both creative and would urge the reader to click on the article to learn more, as one may be curious as to what the new high is. This headline does a good job in reporting the news and encouraging users to read the entire article, all while using an image to relate to the overall topic. If you want to read more about this article you can click on the link below.
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