A few stellar headlines from Dale, one of the best headline writers in the business
In today s Neighbors column, Bob Lind shares the former editor s witty way of summarizing some unusual or surprising articles in the newspaper. Written By: Bob Lind | ×
One of the jobs newspaper editors have is writing headlines for stories.
One of the best of them years ago was
Dale Stensgaard, now of Grand Forks, who worked for The Forum in the 1970s, the Grand Forks Herald from 1981 to 2012, and now is retired.
Here are a few of Dale’s headlines.
The story: A comedy “roast” of politicians and journalists in Washington, D.C. The story said the jokes were funny. Dale’s headline: “Jests and guests all well-done at D.C. roast.”