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Copy Reading and Headline Writing PDF
HEADLINE WRITING
MEDEM
FADRIQUELA,
NEW
ERA
UNIVERSITY
HIGH
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT
COPYREADING
The
art
of
arranging,
correc/ng,
and
selec/ng
the
quality
and
type
of
news
that
are
within
acceptable
journalis/c
standards
in
terms
of
style
and
editorial
policy.
Copyreading
gives
the
ar/cle
the
final
touch
before
it
goes
to
the
printer.
Copyreading,
edi/ng,
correc/ng
the
ar/cle
are
synonymous
terms.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF A COPYREADER
delete leEers/words
It
is
the
goal
of
copyreader,
therefore,
to
do
his
work
systema/cally
and
efficiently.
1. Read
the
whole
ar/cle
first
to
determine
what
kind
of
story
it
is.
2.
Having
determined
the
type
of
story,
read
the
ar/cle
again.
3.
This
/me,
determine
which
is
the
lead
paragraph.
PROCEDURES ON COPYREADING
4.
Read
the
story
again
and
mark
all
paragraph
beginnings.
Then
correct
errors
in
grammar,
spelling,
punctua/ons
and
style
using
copyreading
symbols.
5.
Improve
the
organiza/on
of
the
story.
Make
sure
the
lead
features
the
lead
fact.
6.
Go
over
the
whole
story
again.
Remove
all
unnecessary
and
irrelevant
materials.
7.
Check
the
length
of
the
story,
then
prepare
the
clean
copy.
PROCEDURES ON COPYREADING
8.
Write
a
very
catchy
and
fi]ng
headline
for
the
story.
9. Give
the
printer s
mark
for
the
body
text
and
the
headline.
Encircle
the
slug
line.
10.
The
ar/cle
is
now
ready
for
prin/ng.
THE HEADLINE
Contributes
to
the
physical
aErac/veness
of
the
paper.
FUNCTIONS OF A HEADLINE
Avoid
unintended
double
meanings:
Actor
sent
to
jail
for
not
finishing
sentence
HEADLINE GRAMMAR
Avoid
the
verb
form
to
be.
In
most
cases,
a
more
suitable
verb
can
be
subs/tuted.
Weak:
Matson
to
be
at
D.C.
conference
BeJer:
Matson
to
speak
in
D.C.
next
week
HEADLINE GRAMMAR
Avoid
the
verb
form
to
be.
In
most
cases,
a
more
suitable
verb
can
be
subsOtuted.
Weak:
Matson
to
be
at
D.C.
conference
Be(er:
Matson
to
speak
in
D.C.
next
week
HEADLINE GRAMMAR
12
Americans
killed
in
embassy
bombings
HEADLINE GRAMMAR
headline:
___________________________________
Two
people
died
and
five
others
were
hurt
when
an
uniden/fied
man
lobbed
a
fragmenta/on
grenade
along
Baguio
City s
Leonard
Wood
Road
shortly
before
dawn
Tuesday,
a
police
official
said.
EXERCISES
headline:
___________________________________
The
Philippine
government
will
repatriate
some
Filipinos
who
were
affected
by
the
earthquake
in
Italy
early
this
month,
according
to
Overseas
Workers
Welfare
Administra/on
chief
Carmelita
Dimzon.
EXERCISES
headline:
___________________________________
Whoever
becomes
the
next
president
of
the
country
will
face
a
bigger
economic
burden.
Former
budget
secretary
Benjamin
Diokno
yesterday
warned
that
the
next
president
will
be
inheri/ng
from
the
Arroyo
administra/on
a
weaker
economy
and
higher
unemployment.
EXERCISES
headline:
___________________________________
MANILA,
Philippines
–
A
downpour
at
around
noon
on
Wednesday
caused
floods
ranging
from
thigh-‐
to
guEer-‐deep
in
several
areas
across
Metro
Manila,
the
Metropolitan
Manila
Development
Authority
(MMDA)
reported.
EXERCISES
headline:
___________________________________
MANILA,
Philippines
-‐
The
Philippines
and
Spain
signed
three
agreements
on
assistance
for
health
reform
efforts
in
the
Bicol
and
Caraga
regions.
PARTING SHOT
DON’T
FORGET:
The
only
way
to
learn
how
to
write
heads,
aPer
one
knows
the
general
principles,
is
to
write
them.
Headline
wri/ng
is
like
learning
to
play
a
musical
instrument
-‐-‐
the
more
you
pracRce,
the
easier
it
gets
and
the
beEer
you
become.
END OF THE LECTURE
MEDEM
FADRIQUELA,
NEW
ERA
UNIVERSITY
HIGH
SCHOOL
DEPARTMENT