Getting to the Next Step Through Copy Editing! Amy Fezza Copy Editing Professor Salas Spring 2010.
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Getting to the Next Step Through Copy Editing!
Amy FezzaCopy Editing
Professor SalasSpring 2010
Overview
Major and Concentration: Communication Arts/Journalism
• Experience/Job: Writing for the Ramapo News• Tasks Performed: On-location events, interviewing, producing articles• Class that corresponded: Newswriting
• Past Courses and Experience:– Writing for the Ramapo News and taking Newswriting at the same
time, I was able to form articles• Current Courses and Experience:
– Editing for the Ramapo News by applying information learned from Copy Editing
Applying Copy Editing to the Newspaper!
Taking the Next Step:Editing Articles!
Trying to Breathe:Learning from the Editor
All by Myself:Dissecting the AP Stylebook
Making it Work:Applying Information
The End Result:It Worked!
What I’ve Learned & Accomplished
• How to:– Process– Identifying potential changes – can take many forms– Improving (accuracy and clarity)– Approach a problem
• Common Errors:– Losing track of the subject– Misspelled words– Punctuation– Dates– Numbers (differences)– Headlines & Captions
• I’ve become the News Editor for the Ramapo News• I’ve come one step closer to achieving my goal: to be a journalist!
My Final Work of the Spring semester!
Able to write and edit!!
