Copyreading and Headline Writing for Campus Journalism

1. COPYREADING AND
HEADLINE WRITING
(PAGWAWASTO NG SIPI
AT PAG-UULO NG
BALITA)
ADOPTED FROM MR. ANTONIO DELGADO

2. • It is the art of arranging,
correcting, and selecting the
quality and type of news
• It is also called copy-editing.
• One who edits copies is called a
copyreader or copyeditor

3. AS A COPY-EDITOR, YOU MUST…..
 Grammar
 Accuracy
 Libel Free
 Less Adjectives
 writes the headline

4. WHAT IS STYLE?
In journalism, it refers to the fact that every time a
certain term appears in a newspaper, they are
spelled the same way.
It also covers the use of abbreviations, titles,
punctuations.

5. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
Numbers
The numbers 1 – 9 are written in
words while the numbers 10 and
above are written in figures.
nine students
13 children
Examples:

6. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
Numbers
• dates, address: always in figures.
• proper nouns: may be written in
figures/words
• beginning of sentence: always in words
• events: 1st – 9th is allowed
Exceptions:

7. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
spelling
• Here in the Philippines, American
English is used, not British English.
color, NOT colour
Behavior NOT behaviour
Examples:

8. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
spelling
• If a word has more than one accepted
spelling, the shortest one is preferred.
Judgment NOT judgement
Example:

9. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
capitalization
• The first letter of the sentence is always
capitalized.
• Proper nouns are capitalized, common nouns
are not.
Taylor Swift singer
Mr. Styles model
Examples:

10. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
capitalization
• Small letters are usually used for title or position.
Mrs. Cecilia Burayag, the principal of
BCIS, delivered the opening remarks.
Example:
• Titles are capitalized
Example: Governor Umali Miss Universe
President Duterte Mayor Marcos

11. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
ABBREVIATION
• A title or position of a person may be abbreviated if
it appears before the name but not if simply used
in the sentence.
• The abbreviations Jr. and Sr. are allowed in
names.
• Spell out Dept., gov’t, and other abbreviations

12. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
ACRONYM
• Acronyms are usually written in capital letters.
Example: DSWD ASEAN DILG
When an acronym appears for the first time in a news
story, it is written after its meaning and it is enclosed
in parentheses.
Example:
University of the Philippines (UP)

13. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
LEAD
• The standard lead answers the 5 Ws and 1 H.

14. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
GRAMMAR
• Tenses of Verbs
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement (agreement in
gender and number)
• Articles (a, an, the)

15. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
GRAMMAR
In journalism
• he said and not said he;
• Aquino said and not said Aquino
REMEMEBER

16. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
PUNCTUATION
• 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.
PERIOD (.)

17. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
PUNCTUATION
Use 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.
COMMA (,)
EXAMPLE Jolas Burayag, 17, of Barangay San Fernando
Norte

18. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
PUNCTUATION
Use colons when presenting a series of information
and use semicolons to separate components of the
series.
COLON (:) and SEMICOLON (;)
EXAMPLE Elected officers of the Board of Elders are: Dr.
Arturo Guina, President; Atty. Ferdinand
Dumlao, Vice President; Dr. Narciso V.
Matienzo, Secretary; and Dr. Poyen Pini,
Treasurer.

19. BASICS OF NEWSPAPER STYLE
PUNCTUATION
Use colons when presenting a series of information
and use semicolons to separate components of the
series.
COLON (:) and SEMICOLON (;)
EXAMPLE Elected officers of the Board of Elders are: Dr.
Arturo Guina, President; Atty. Ferdinand
Dumlao, Vice President; Dr. Narciso V.
Matienzo, Secretary; and Dr. Poyen Pini,
Treasurer.

20. COPYREADING SYMBOLS

21. COPYREADING SYMBOLS

22. COPYREADING SYMBOLS