A headline's purpose is to quickly and briefly draw attention to the story. It is generally written by a copy editor, but may also be written by the writer, the page layout designer, or other editors. The most important story on the front page above the fold may have a larger headline if the story is unusually important. The New York Times's 21 July 1969 front page stated, for example, that "MEN WALK ON MOON", with the four words in gigantic size spread from the left to right edges of the page.

Answer this question: who writes the headlines to a news story? Let's think fast. Stream of consciousness:
The relevant information is: It is generally written by a copy editor, but may also be written by the writer, the page layout designer, or other editors. So the final answer is generally written by a copy editor , but may also be written by the writer , the page layout designer , or other editors.