Preggers Man-Headline

As I was doing my daily review of what CNN.com has to offer, I noticed this headline "'Pregnant man' expecting again." I'm sure by now most of us have heard about this miracle man, but possibly not as much as myself. My roommate last year was a slightly obsessive fan of the pregnant man--who has a name by the way, it's Thomas Beatie--and watched the Opera special and every news report she could find on him. After listening to countless reports about the couple I would say I grew a fondness for their story, so when I saw this headline it immediately caught my eye.

But, this isn't about the pregnant man, or my roommates obsession, this is about online headlines. Recently we have been discussing how online headlines need to be able to capture the reader with just a few nouns and a possible verb. I thought this headline did a good job because out of about 20 headlines I was drawn straight to it. Maybe it's my familiarity, or maybe it was good writing. Either way I think that with an online source such as CNN.com headlines should have the power to jump at us.

Here's the link posted by CNN.com for the Larry King Live special with Beatie.