Has anyone found training that measurably improves headline accuracy and editing speed? I took a 90‑minute ACES fact‑checking session in October and paired it with Google Fact Check Explorer; useful, but I’m looking for a course with timed drills and before/after metrics that a small desk can implement within a month?
But would a four-week “headline sprints” setup work for your desk? Pull 20 past stories, give 7 minutes to write 3 publishable heads and 5 minutes to swap and fact-check; log time-to-first and accuracy in a Google Sheet to get clean before/after metrics — wind sprints for heds. If you want a scaffold, Poynter NewsU’s headline modules pair well with this: Training Catalog - Poynter.