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COPYEDITING AND HEADLINE
WRITINGJuly 11, 2012
Blessed Children Integrated SchoolResource Speaker: Mr. Antonio Delgado
THE COPY Material for a newspaper or
magazine article The text as written by the author
COPYREADING It is the art of arranging,
correcting, and selecting the quality and type of news
It is also called copyediting. One who edits copies is called a
copyreader or copyeditor
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A COPYEDITOR1) edits errors on grammar
(spelling, tenses, agreement, etc.)
2) edits errors of fact (accuracy check)
3) edits verbose copy4) deletes opinion or slant and
libelous statements5) writes the headline
THE EDITED COPY
COPYEDITING SYMBOLSSymbol Instruction Example
COPYEDITING SYMBOLSSymbol Instruction Example
COPYEDITING SYMBOLSSymbol Instruction Example
COPYEDITING SYMBOLSSymbol Instruction Example
COPYEDITING SYMBOLSSymbol Instruction Example
POINTERS IN COPYEDITIN
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NUMBERS The numbers 1 – 9 are written in
words while the numbers 10 and above are written in figures.
Example:nine students13 children
NUMBERSEXCEPTIONS: dates, address: always in
figures. proper nouns: may be written
in figures/words beginning of sentence: always
in words events: 1st – 9th is allowed
SPELLING Look for misspelled words. Here in the Philippines, American
English is used, not British English.Ex: color, not colour If a word has more than one
accepted spelling, the shortest one is preferred.
Ex: judgment, instead of judgement
CAPITALIZATION The first letter of the sentence is
always capitalized. Proper nouns are capitalized,
common nouns are not.Ex: singer
Regine Velasquez
CAPITALIZATION Small letters are usually used for
title or position.Ex: Mrs. Cecilia Burayag, the
principal of BCIS, delivered the opening remarks.
Capitalized titles: Governor Umali
ABBREVIATIONS Spell out Dept., gov’t, and other
abbreviations. The abbreviations Jr. and Sr. are
allowed in names. Remember:Engr. Emmanuel Delgado;
Engineer Delgado12 Dimagiba St.; Dimagiba Street
ABBREVIATIONS A title or position of a person
may be abbreviated if it appears before the name but not if simply used in the sentence:
Ex: Sen. Recto filed another taxation bill yesterday.
The senator filed another taxation bill yesterday.
ACRONYMS Acronyms are usually written in
capital letters.Example:
BCIS Check if the letters of the
acronym are in the correct order.
ACRONYMS When an acronym appears for
the first time in a news story, it is written after its meaning and it is enclosed in parentheses.
Ex: University of the Philippines (UP)
PARAGRAPH The first sentence of a
paragraph is indented. In news stories, the rule is one
paragraph, one sentence only.
LEAD There should be no names of
unknown persons in the lead. Check for buried leads. The standard lead answers the 5
Ws and 1 H.
GRAMMARCheck for errors in: Tenses of Verbs Subject-Verb Agreement Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
(agreement in gender and number)
Articles (a, an, the)
GRAMMARRemember: he said and not said he;
Aquino said and not said AquinoRemember: three-day training and not three-days training.
Trained for three days and not trained for three-day.
PUNCTUATION: PERIOD It is used at the end of declarative
and imperative sentences. It is used in abbreviations such as
p.m., a.m., Jr., Sr., Pres., Sen., Rep., Gov., Gen., Capt., Dr., Fr., Atty., Corp., and Inc.
Acronyms of schools, organizations and offices do not need periods.
.
PUNCTUATION: COMMAUse commas: to separate the month and day
from the year. to separate the street, barangay,
town and province in an address to separate facts concerning
victims and suspects.Ex: Jolas Burayag, 17, of Barangay
San Fernando Norte
,
PUNCTUATION: COMMADo not use commas: to separate the abbreviation Jr.,
Sr., or III from the name.Ex: Emmanuel Delgado Jr.
,
PUNCTUATION: HYPHENUse hyphen: in most compound nounsEx: editor-in-chief, officer-in-
charge in fractions Ex: two-thirds, three-fourths in numerals Ex: twenty-two, fifty-nine
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PUNCTUATION: QUOTATION MARKS Quotation marks are used in
direct quotations. Indirect quotations do not need them.
Ex. “I forgot it,” he said.He said he forgot it.
Periods and commas are written first before closing quotation marks.
Ex. “Let’s go to SM,” the boy said.
“ ”
PUNCTUATION:QUOTATION MARKS Quotation marks are used to set
off titles of events, shows, movies, books, etc.
Ex. We watched “The Titanic.” Quotation marks are used to set
off an alias or nickname.Ex. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.
Juan Chua a.k.a. “Boy Singkit”
“ ”
PUNCTUATION: APOSTROPHE Apostrophes are used in the
possessive form of the noun.Ex. the teacher’s table
the teachers’ meeting In contractionsEx. I’m (I am)
you’re (you are)
‘
REMINDERS Watch out for jumbled letters,
words and paragraphs. Check for joined/disjoined words.Ex. class room, newteacher Delete editorializing words/phrases.Ex. The very beautiful and intelligent
principal… The cops were right in arresting…
REMINDERS Check for redundancies (recurring
words/phrases/paragraphs, synonymous or redundant terms).
Ex. the concert the concert ended REMEMBER: After editing the news
story, write 30 at the end of the article. If the article is not yet finished, write more at the bottom of the page.
HEADLINE WRITING
HEADLINE an assemblage of words written
in bigger, bolder letters than the usual page text at the beginning of the news
it is not a title
FUNCTIONS OF HEADLINE1) to attract readers2) to tell the story (in a summary)3) to add variety of type (to break
monotony in a sea of type)4) to identify personality of
newspaper (use of font/style of letters)
5) to index/grade the news (big type for important news; small type for less important)
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING1. First, read the story for general
meaning.2. Clues to the headline are
usually in the lead.What happened?Who did what?How did if happen?
3. Use the shortest words possible.
Examples include:cop – policemannab – arrestmishap – accidentup – increasedown – decreasethief - robber
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
4. Have a subject and a verb. Avoid starting with a verb; the headline might sound as if it were giving orders.
Wrong: Revise money mart guidelines
Correct: Central Bank revises money mart guidelines
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
5. Use the historical present tense if the verb is in the active voice.
Wrong: Delgado topped editorial tilt
Correct: Delgado tops editorial tilt
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
6. Omit the helping verb if the verb is in the passive voice. Only the past participle is retained.
Wrong: Drug pushers are nabbedCorrect: Drug pushers nabbed
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
7. Use the infinitive for future events.
Wrong: City Hall will punish anti-squatting drive
Correct: City Hall to punish anti-squatting drive
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
8. Do not use a period at the end of the headline.
9. Omit articles (a, an, the).Wrong: A fire hits Tondo slum area
Correct: Fire hits Tondo slum area
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
10.Use a comma instead of “and” in writing headlines.
Delays, confusion bug AsiadLacson, Trillanes no show at SONA
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
11.Use semicolon to separate sentences.
Gina Lopez heads Pasig body; Noy swears in 35 other execs12.Use the punctuation marks
(especially the exclamation point) sparingly.
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
13.Use single quotes (‘) in headlines instead of double quotes (“).
14.Always give the source of a quote. Quotation marks are not needed, a dash or a colon will serve the purpose.
Crackdown on errant bus firms – Enrile
Enrile: Crackdown on errant bus firms
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
15.Use the down-style – only the first word and proper nouns are capitalized, unless otherwise indicated. This is more readable because people are used to reading sentences this way.
Ex. Faculty honors Nuñez
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
16.Use only widely known abbreviations.
Wrong: JEE to play Santa this Christmas
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
17.Don’t use names unless the person is well known, use common nouns instead.
Wrong: Santos electrocutedCorrect: Carpenter electrocuted
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
18.Use specific terms instead of generalities
Example: Trader killedBetter: Trader stabbed to death
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
19. Just report the facts; do not editorialize.
Wrong: Noy gives inspiring talks(The word “inspiring” is just your
opinion.)20.Be positive. Don't use
negatives in headlines. They weaken not only the headlines but also the stories.
TIPS IN HEADLINE WRITING
HEADLINE PATTERNS1. Crossline (one line) and two-
part crossline (two lines).XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
2. Dropline (or Stepline)XXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
3. Flush leftXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX4. Flush right
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
HEADLINE PATTERNS
5. Hanging indentionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
XXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX
6. Inverted PyramidXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX
HEADLINE PATTERNS
7. Block (flush left and right, from margin to margin)
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
HEADLINE PATTERNS
DECK This is the number of lines your
headline will haveExample:BCIS bags medals in NEPEESA quiz
bee(1 deck)
10 more cops wantedfor Maguindanao massacre
(2 decks)
UNIT COUNTS A count system considers
differences in the widths of letters.
Capital letters:M, W – 2 unitsJLIFT – 1 unitOthers – 1 ½ units
Small letters:m, w – 1 ½ unitsjlift – ½ unitothers – 1unit
Punctuation marksdash (–) – 1 ½ unitsquestion mark (?) – 1 unitothers - ½ unit
Number digits0 to 9 – 1 unit
Space – 1 unit
UNIT COUNTS
UNIT COUNTSBCIS bags medals in NEPPESA quiz bee
B C I S b a g s1 ½ + 1 ½ + 1 + 1 ½ + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 +
1 + 1 (11 ½ units)m e d a l s i n 1 ½ + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + ½ + 1 + 1
(10 units)
UNIT COUNTSBCIS bags medals in NEPPESA quiz bee
N E P P E S A1 ½ + 1 ½ + 1 ½ + 1 ½ + 1 ½ + 1 ½ + 1 ½ +
1(11 ½ units)
q u i z b e e1 + 1 + ½ + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1
(7 ½ units)TOTAL = 11 ½ + 10 + 11 ½ + 7 ½ = 40 ½
units
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!