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    This document provides information about copyreading and headline writing for newspapers. It defines copyreading as editing stories to ensure accuracy, proper grammar, and style. The main responsibilities of a copyreader are outlined. It also discusses the qualities of a good copyreader and the steps they take to edit stories. Various copyreading symbols used to mark edits are presented. Guidelines for writing effective headlines are provided, including tips to make headlines brief, use active verbs and colorful language, and follow typical stylistic conventions. Sample headlines are shown to demonstrate these techniques.

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    This document provides information about copyreading and headline writing for newspapers. It defines copyreading as editing stories to ensure accuracy, proper grammar, and style. The main responsibilities of a copyreader are outlined. It also discusses the qualities of a good copyreader and the steps they take to edit stories. Various copyreading symbols used to mark edits are presented. Guidelines for writing effective headlines are provided, including tips to make headlines brief, use active verbs and colorful language, and follow typical stylistic conventions. Sample headlines are shown to demonstrate these techniques.

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    COPYREADING

    AND HEADLINE
    WRITING
    Prepared By:
    Mrs. Brenda D. Adriano

    COPYREADING
    is just another
    word for
    EDITING.

    COPYREADER
    An editor.
    A specialist who
    improves the story
    and makes it worthy
    of having a space in
    the newspaper

    COPYREADERS JOB
    The article must be factually accurate .
    The article must be grammatically correct
    The newspaper style should be followed.
    The article must be free from libelous statement.

    The story needs an effective style and headline.

    QUALITIES OF A GOOD
    COPYREADER
    Be good in English.
    Know his Style book.
    Have a Master copy of Copyreading symbols.

    Know the papers policy

    Be observant
    Have the following tools always ready for use:
    Papers style book.dictionary, printers type catalogue

    STEPS IN COPYREADING

    Initial
    each Copy
    read.

    Get an
    Overview
    of the
    story.

    Verify
    the
    accuracy
    Correct the of facts
    grammar, and
    deterpunctuamine
    tion and
    whether
    the story
    spelling
    contains
    all
    essential
    information
    .

    COPYREADING SIGNS

    for change. The new


    that purpose. C It can
    Paragraph Sign

    PERIOD
    Mr
    D

    SPELL OUT

    Feb.

    CHANGE TO FIGURES

    Thirty-four

    ABBREVIATE

    November

    company
    CAPITALIZE

    Tom orrow

    CLOSE UP

    Principal
    > CHANGE TO SMALL
    LETTER

    Everyday
    SEPARATE WORDS
    Written well
    TRANSPOSE
    new
    The^student
    INSERT WORD

    PRINTERS DIRECTION
    The direction should include the size(in
    points), type of letter(Arial, Times New
    Roman, bold etc.), length of the
    lines(in ems)

    Ex. 10pts.Roman Light, 24 ems

    HEADLINES

    TIPS TO HEADLINERS

    CLUES TO THE HEADLINE ARE


    USUALLY IN THE LEAD.

    What happened?
    Who did that?
    How did it happen?

    USE BRIEF, CLIPPED LANGUAGE.


    USE SHORTEST WORD POSSIBLE

    PH backs up plan designed


    to hike world sugar prices

    USE COLORFUL NOUNS,


    VIGOROUS ACTIVE VERB.
    Curbs on govt borrowing
    urged
    Revenue bureau to purge misfits
    Cebu grape industry perks up

    HAVE A SUBJECT AND A VERB.


    Avoid starting with a verb, the
    headline might sound as if it were
    giving order.
    NOT: Revise money mart guidelines
    BUT: CB revises money mart guidelines

    OMIT ARTICLES(A, AN, THE)

    Disabled athlete reaps medals


    Lowly goat gets rural uplift

    USE COMMA INSTEAD OF AND

    Delays, confusion bug


    Asiad
    Offerings, programs
    cap Villamor Day

    USE SINGLE QUOTES IN


    HEADLINES
    Basketball team brings home
    the bacon
    Techno club for dedicated,
    task oriented students- Pastor

    OMIT FORMS OF TO BE ESPECIALLY


    WHEN USED AS A CLIPPING VERB.

    NOT: Sanchez to be editor

    MUST: Sanchez chosen


    editor

    USE HISTORICAL PRESENT FOR


    FINISHED EVENTS, THE INFINITIVE TO
    INDICATE FUTURE EVENTS

    VHS garden cops first place

    New Aldana building


    to be completed soon

    AVOID SPLITTING WORDS


    THAT NATURALLY GO TOGETHER.
    WRONG:
    VHS observes Linggo
    ng Wika with tilts
    RIGHT:
    VHS holds Linggo ng Wika with tilts

    USE DOWN STYLE ONLY THE FIRST WORD


    AND PROPER NOUNS ARE CAPITALIZED .

    1,774 seniors
    to take NCAE

    Faculty honors PNoy

    DONT LEAVE PREPOSITION


    AT THE END OF THE LINE.
    WRONG:
    Mentors call for
    reform of schools
    RIGHT:

    Mentors call
    for reform
    of schools

    USE ONLY WIDE KNOWN


    ABBREVIATION.

    Be positive.
    Dont use negatives
    in the headlines

    HEADLINE TECHNIQUE

    Headlining

    A really good headline


    reveals the content tells
    what it's all about by giving a
    summary of the summary.

    It

    will help us to decide if


    the article is interesting or
    not.

    If

    the headline is
    interesting, readers
    continue to read the
    actual summary, the
    ingress.

    ORDER OF INTEREST!

    - is the

    key to Headlining

    start from your audience's


    perspective and not your own.
    -

    SAMPLE HEADLINES

    AFP lauds soldiers in 'Pablo' rescue

    The military on Thursday lauded the soldiers


    who died while evacuating residents in typhoon-hit
    areas of Compostela Valley and vowed to provide
    assistance to the families they left behind.
    The AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines)
    salutes our soldiers who died while performing
    their duties as typhoon Pablo hit Mindanao, AFP
    spokesman Col. Arnulfo Burgos Jr. said.

    PAMPANGA SENDING 500


    COFFINS TO MINDANAO
    MANILA, Philippines - At least 500 coffins
    from Pampanga will arrive in Mindanao and
    will be distributed to areas where there are
    a high number of recorded fatalities.

    238 PATAY KAY 'PABLO'


    MANILA, Philippines - Lumobo na sa 238
    katao ang kumpirmadong namatay dahil sa
    pananalasa ng bagyong "Pablo" sa Visayas at
    Mindanao nitong Martes.
    Sa ulat ng Eastern Mindanao Command
    (Eastmincom) ng Armed Forces of the
    Philippines, may 143 katao na ang
    kumpirmadong nasawi sa mga pagbaha at
    landslide sa mga bayan ng Monkayo, New
    Bataan, Compostela, Montevista, Nabunturan
    at Pantukan sa probinsya ng Compostela Valley.

    COUNTING THE UNITS IN HEADLINE


    UNITS EQUIVALENTS AND PUNCTUATION
    MARKS

    1. All lowercase letters except f, l, i t, j, and m,


    w, = 1 unit
    2. Lower case m and w = 1 or 1.5 unit
    3. All capitals except M ,W ,L = 1.5 unit
    4. Capitals M, W = 2 units each
    5. Capitals J, I, 1 = 1 unit
    6. All punctuation marks, except the dash and
    question mark = or .5 unit
    7. Hyphen and question mark= 1 unit
    8. All spaces between words= to 1 units each
    9. All numbers = 1.5 units
    10. Dash = 2 units

    LETS COPYREAD
    the Department of Foreign Affairs said Thursday Vice President Jejomar Binay
    will go to
    China on a mercy mission to try to save a Filipino drug trafficker on death row.
    binay went on a similar mission in February to China to save three Filipino
    drug moles
    from the death row, and secured a temporary stay of execution.
    But Beijing went ahead with the executions a month later, triggering wide
    spread condemnation in the Catholic Philippines where capital punishment was
    abolish
    in 2006.
    Those executions put the spotlight on the countrys millions
    of Filipino overseas workers, some of whom are duped into doing illegal
    activities in
    exchange for extra cash to send to their families back home.
    Binay will convey a request from President Benigno Aquino to spare the life of
    the 35year-old man, who is set to be executed next week, Foreign Affairs spokesman
    Raul
    Hernandez said.

    Inspirational

    END OF
    PRESENTATION

    Thank You

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