COPYREADING-AND-HEADLINE-WRITING-2017.pptx

2. Copyreading
• It is the way of improving a story and making an
appropriate headline for the article.
• Copyreading is a heavy task because it requires knowledge
of the English and Filipino language. The knowledge to
correct errors and polish outputs to claim its highest
value.
• A copyreader is a specialist who improves the story.

3. Functions of Copy Editor
1. Checks facts.
2. Corrects errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, usage, organization
and others.
3. Improves news value.
4. Ensures accuracy, brevity, clarity of articles
5. Writes effective lead.
6. Cuts or delete irrelevant materials.
7. Deletes ˝editorializing materials” in a news.
8. Guards against libelous statement.
9. Writes headlines and decide its typography.
10. Makes copy simple and clear.
11. Makes copy conform to the newspaper style sheets
12. Indicates corrections by using the copyreading marks.

4. Copyreading symbols
Symbol Instruction Example
or
Three short lines under
a letter or word indicate
that it is to be
capitalized
A line drawn through a
capital letter indicates
that it is not to be
capitalized.
philippines Philippines
the School the school
A vertical or oblique
line between two letters
indicates that they are
to be separated.
Theapple The apple
Tuguegarao City, Cagayan TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan

5. Symbol Instruction Example
A circle around a
number spelled out
indicates that it is to
be set in figures
Abbreviate a spelled
word
Spell an abbreviated
word
Set a number or
figure in word
Eleven
No.
2
St.
11
Saint
11
number
two
Saint
Eleven
St.
X or O A period in a circle or a
cross indicates a period.
Blvd. or Blvd.
x o

6. Symbol Instruction Example
^
the
^
stet
Caret which means
insert a word or words,
or letter
Transposition
delete a word
disregard correction
in school in the school
DILG chief over turns
partol cars
DILG chief turns over
patrol cars
She received gifts.
She received free gifts.
The slow learner
students
have to attend
special classes.
The slow learner
students
have to attend
special classes.
Stet

7. Symbol Instruction Example
# or 30 end signs / symbol
He vowed to complete the P1.3 billion
infrastructure project before his term ends.#
Curve lines connecting
words indicate that the
words are to be joined.
Break through Breakthrough
“ pigskin "Quotation
marks are set off in V-
shaped marks, which
indicate whether they
are beginning or
ending marks.
“School heads and teachers are
reminded to make graduation
ceremonies simple yet
meaningful,” Carino said.
The door is this open. The door is open.

8. Symbol Instruction Example
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New Paragraph ¶The door is open. The meeting will be on
Monday
Run in with previous
line
He wrote the news and
went home.
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9. At least forty officials & personnel have
continued to assumed varios posts on the
bureau of Costums (BOC) & receive salaries
form the agency even thoug their jobs
contracts already expire in Dec. last year.
These was revealed in a 2-page memorandum
too Customs Commissoner john P. Sevilla buy
the Commision on audit (COA), wich
questiond the detail of oficials & employees
of other agency to thhe BOC.
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10. Wa lang Pagod sa pagsusulong nang pangmatagalang
Kapaya paan sa Mindanao, umaasa si Pangulong benigno S.
Aquino III na maaaprub ahan ng kongreso
ang kontorbersiyal na panukalang Bangsa moron Basic Law
(BBL). pagkatapos sumapitin ang hunyo.
Inihayag ng pangulo ang kahilngang map aaga ang
Pagpapasa ng panukalang mag tatatag sa bangsamoro
political entities sa 1 prayer assembly as bsmdnh lksjdhu
nabhsgy mldksht ndkjshu ndmskhu Malacañang nitong
Monday.
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11. Sample Paragraph with Errors
(1) Wen I left my house that day I had no idea for
that my life was about to change forever. (2)
Everthing I had ever experienced was ordinary. (3)
My school was ordinary my friends were ordinary
even my dog was ordinary. (4) I should have nown
that nothing stays ordinary forever. (5) His name
was sam and he was the most extrordinary person
I had ever meet.

12. (1) Wen I left my house that day I had no idea for
that my life was about to change forever.
Errors in Paragraph 1
First sentence:
• “When” is misspelled as “wen”
• A comma is missing after the introductory clause “When I left
my house that day”
• There is an unnecessary preposition (“for”) following the word
“idea”
When I left my house that day, I had no
idea that my life was about to change forever.

13. (2) Everthing I had ever experienced was ordinary.
Second sentence:
• “Everything” is misspelled as “everthing”
Everything I had ever experienced was ordinary.

14. (3) My school was ordinary my friends were
ordinary even my dog was ordinary.
Third sentence:
• “My school was ordinary…” is a run-on → Add period and fix
capitalization to make two sentences
My school was ordinary. My friends were ordinary.

15. (4) I should have nown that nothing stays
ordinary forever.
Fourth sentence:
• “Known” is misspelled as “nown”
I should have known that nothing stays ordinary forever.

16. (5) His name was sam and he was the most
extrordinary person I had ever meet.
Fifth sentence:
• Sam’s name is a proper noun and should be capitalized
• A comma is needed to separate the independent clauses “His
name was Sam” and “he was the most extraordinary person I had
ever met”
• “Extraordinary” is misspelled as “extrordinary”
• “Meet” isn’t the correct form of the verb → Change to the past
tense (“met”)
His name was Sam, and he was the
most extraordinary person I had ever met.

17. Sample Paragraph, Corrected
When I left my house that day, I had no idea that my life was about
to change forever. Everything I had ever experienced was ordinary.
My school was ordinary. My friends were ordinary. Even my dog
was ordinary. I should have known that nothing stays ordinary
forever. His name was Sam, and he was the
most extraordinary person I had ever met.

18. Headline
• Headlines are telegraphic or short cut, basically
because space on newspapers is highly considered
Functions
• Catches reader’s attention
• Tells gist of the story
• Shows story’s importance compared to others on the
page or spread

19. Example 1:
60 mentors and students participated
in the writing workshop
Headline:
60 mentors, studes attend writing workshop
Note: and is substituted by a comma.

20. Example 2:
“Feature writers have rich vocabulary,” says Advento
Headline:
Feature writers have rich vocabulary — Advento
Note: “says” is substituted by a dash, and the quotation
marks were omitted

21. Shorter words are preferred
Example 3:
60 mentors and students participated
Headline
60 mentors, studes attend
Note: “Participated” and “students” were substituted by shorter
words “attend” and “studes”, respectively.

22. Guidelines for Writing headlines
1. The head should tell the gist of the story
simply and accurately.
2. It should contain a verb, but it showed not start
with a verb.
3. Be in the active voice.
4. Be in the present, the historical present or the
future tense.

23. 5. Avoid the use of articles to begin a headline.
6. Use no abbreviations except those generally
known ones and acronyms.
7. The first line of two-line or three-line headline
should not end with a preposition, conjunction,
articles or any form of the verb to be, unless
the preposition goes with the verb, as in the
word call up.
Guidelines for Writing headlines

24. 8. Be specific. Avoid generalities.
Wrong: Student wins contest
Right: Baquiran wins nat’l essay writing tilt
9. Avoid label head
Wrong: Auctioned
Right: Imelda jewelry auctioned
10. Do not editorialize your headline.
Wrong: Chronicles shows great performance in DSPC
Right: Chronicles wins 6 out of 7 in DSPC writing contest

25. 11. Do not use the same word twice in the headline or kicker.
Ex:
Gun haul
Cagayan cops seize 24 guns
from suspected bandits
12. Never use the word “may”. It denotes the uncertain
element of the story.

26. 13. To use direct quotation as head, use any of the following
forms instead of the traditional quotation marks:
a. Using the dash instead of the quotation mark.
Ex: Truth commission repugnant-Miriam
b. Using the colon
Ex: Sto Tomas: Brain drain just a prescription
c. Using narrative form
Ex: Garci is back, says wife

27. • 14. Do not be negative.
Wrong: Afi festival won’t be held
Right: Afi festival cancelled
• 15. The first letter of the word and proper nouns are
generally capitalized.
• 16. Avoid awkward verbal breaks.
Wrong: CNHS debaters to
Join nat’l tilt in Manila
Right: CNHS debaters
to join nat’l tilt in Manila

28. • 17. Mention only the name of person, who is prominent.
Wrong: Santos wins P30M lotto jackpot
Right: Veggie vendor wins P30M lotto jackpot
• 18. Use M for million and B for billion.
Ex: Philhealth lost P520M to fraudulent claims, says chief
• 19. Use comma instead of and.
Ex: PRRD, Trump skip West Phil. Sea issue in China meet

29. • 20. Separate double headline by a semicolon.
Ex: Bomb explodes at Zamboanga market;
13 killed, 53 hurt
• 21. Do not end the headline by a period.
• 22. Use the infinitive for future events.
Ex: PRRD to visit another military camp in Mindanao

30. 24. Avoid splitting words that naturally go together
Wrong: CNHS celebrates Buwan
ng Wika with beauty tilt
Right: CNHS holds Buwan ng Wika
with beauty contest
25. Do not mix up typefaces in making headlines to avoid
clutter. Do not use four to eight kinds of fonts of
headlines on a page. The maximum font type that you
can use on a page is two unrelated fonts except for
featuring stories.

31. Verbal deadwood – useless phrasing of any
sort.
1. for the reason that - because
2. at the present time - now
3. affixed his signature - signed
4. were united in holy matrimony – were married
5. abrasions and contusion – cuts and bruises
6. acquaint - tell
7. adequate bus transportation – enough buses
8. ahead of schedule - early
9. a man by the name of – man named

32. 10. assistance - aid or help
11. at an early date – soon
12. attempt - try
13. beverage - drink
14. bifurcation – division/split
15. attire – wore
16. called a halt - stopped
17. cloudburst – heavy rains
18. conflagration – fire
19. constructed of wood – made of wood or wooden

33. HEADLINE VOCABULARY
Headline vocabulary gives priority to short words. Note
how newspapers have used shorter word instead of its longer
synonym, and how some newspapers have coined their own short
words to stand for their longer counterparts.
Accord – agreement
Allay – to calm
Apiece – each
Assail – to attack with arguments
Aussie – Australian
Balk – impede, thwart
Bare – expose, reveal
To bat – speak for, defend
Benedict – a married man

34. Berth – sleeping place, appointment or
position
Bid, ask – invite, request
Blast – criticize
Body – committee, organization
Bog down – to encounter unexpectedly
difficulty in reaching agreement
over an issue
Booter – football player
Cite – enumerate, mention, accuse
Clinic – an informal class where
participants keen on a subject
(often a game) learn pointers
from an expert

35. Technical Instruction
Sample: 2-20 TNRB W/KICKER
Number 2 means the head will run across two
columns of the page. Number 20 stands for the
font size to be used. TNRB refers to the font type
Times New Roman Bold and KICKER means a
preliminary head. The line below refers to the
number of line or deck the headline will have.
The final headline will look like this:
Business tycoon insinuates
Sta. Teresita is vannamae capital

36. Kicker refers to the preliminary head.
A deck is a secondary headline that is
positioned under the main headline and is
typically a teller.

37. Exercises:
TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – Hundreds of elementary
pupils of this city joins millions of their counterparts in the
country today for the national school deworming program as
part of a convergence effort of the Department of Health
(DOH) and the Department of Education (DepEd).
More than five hundred pupils from kindergarten to grade 6
of Linao Elementary School were beneficiaries during the
said activity as representatives from the Cagayan Valley
Region.
Dr. Cecil Magturo, representative of health secretary Janette
Garin, said deworming is an effective means to improve health
conditions among young learners.

38. DOH, DepEd conduct deworming for graders
Headline:

39. TUGUEGARAO CITY, Cagayan – The Division of
Cagayan has maintained its journalism supremacy when it
snatched 11 out of 16 first places in last week’s Regional
Schools Press Conference held in this city, January 8 -10 this
year.
Dr. Lorna Dig-Dino, regional director of the Department of
Education (DepEd) region 2, said that as a result, DepEd
Cagayan was declared over-all champion among eight other
divisions followed by the divisions of Tuguegarao City,
Isabela and Nueva Vizcaya.
Cagayan likewise took 11 second and 10 third places and left
the spoils to the other divisions, according to a DepEd

40. Cagayan division maintains supremacy in
RSPC
Headline:

41. Headline with kicker
STA. TERESITA, Cagayan – At a combined production rate of five
tons per day, this town can now be called the unofficial soft shelled
shrimp (vannamae) capital of Northern Luzon.
Engineer Danilo D. Tamayo of DATAJ Farms said the production
comes from three independent farms in Simbaluca and Caniugan
this municipality and Calamegatan in Buguey.
In a rare meeting and interview with the members of the local
media from the Presidential Communications Operations Office
through an arrangement made earlier by Mayor Lolita C. Garcia,
Tamayo said the establishment of the three farms for the
softshelled shrimp is for the purpose of providing livelihood to the
people.

42. Headline with kicker
Business tycoon insinuates
Sta. Teresita is vannamae capital

43. PALANAN, Isabela - Backpackers from various countries in
Europe remain a captured market of the Northern Sierra Madre
Natural Park (NSMNP) as early as when the area was declared
protected, according to environment stakeholders in the area.
Orvil Dela Pena, an employee of the Community Environment and
Natural Resources(CENRO)-Palanan, said he has been tour
guiding Europeans from different countries as a part time job.
“They are the type who are into long trekking and who prefer long
days and nights into the deeper parts of the mountains," Dela Pena
said.

44. Headline
Europeans top foreign Tourist
arrivals in Northern Sierra Madre

45. CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela - An official from the United
States embassy, through the United States Agency for
International Development (USAID), has commended efforts
of the local government units and other agencies in the
continuing assistance to help conserve biodiversity along the
Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park (NSMNP).
Nora Pinzon, USAID Philippines Deputy Director noted that
there is a robust pro-environment constituency in the province
and commended the leadership of Governor Faustino Dy
III during the celebration of Earth Day last month in the
northern Sierra Madre.
USAID timed the 45th anniversary celebration of Earth
Day in the region to launch the “Bright Spots In Hot Spots”
campaign.

46. Headline:
US lauds local support to biodiversity conservation