About the Breaking News Generator
Television news has a very specific visual language: a red label block, a bold headline bar, a ticker along the bottom and a clock in the corner. This generator recreates that lower third over any photo you upload, so your news can look like it interrupted the evening broadcast.
Everything is editable. Change the label from BREAKING NEWS to whatever you like, set the channel name, write the headline and fill the ticker with side stories. Pick a red, blue or amber theme to match the mood.
The export is a 1280 by 720 image, which is the right shape for a post, a slide or a video thumbnail.
How to use it
- Upload a photo for the background.
- Write the label, headline, channel name and ticker text.
- Pick a color theme and download the PNG.
Breaking news headline ideas
- Local man eats entire pizza, claims it was a small one
- Group chat reaches 400 unread messages, experts concerned
- Sources confirm the last slice was in fact claimed
- Nation waits as phone battery reaches one percent
- Developing: someone has replied all
- Report: the meeting could indeed have been an email
- Live updates: the Wi-Fi is back
What goes in each part of a news banner
- Label: the urgency tag, like BREAKING NEWS, LIVE or DEVELOPING.
- Location strip: where the story is happening, in capitals.
- Headline: one line, present tense, no full stop.
- Ticker: unrelated side stories, which is where most of the comedy lives.
- Clock: the time the story broke, usually right now.
Breaking News Generator FAQ
- Can I use a real news channel's name or logo?
- Please use an invented channel name. Real broadcaster logos and branding make a joke image look like genuine reporting, and that is how misinformation spreads.
- What size is the image?
- 1280 by 720 pixels, the standard 16 by 9 shape for social posts, slides and video thumbnails.
- Does the ticker scroll?
- In the exported image the ticker is a still frame, the same as a screenshot of a live broadcast.
