Copyreading is copy editing or

checking errors in the story using

copy reading marks or symbols.
A copyreader is an editor.
A copy reader is a specialist who
improves the story .
Copyreading, therefore, is necessary
for the following reasons:
o1. The article must be factually accurate.
o2. The article must be correct
grammatically.
o3. The newspapers style should be
followed.
o4. The article must be free from libelous
statements.
o5. The story needs an effective style and
headline.
A good copyreader must:
Be good in English
Know his stylebook
Have a mastery of copy reading
symbols
Know the papers policy
 Steps in
Copyreading
 Mechanical Editing
Encircle the slugs
First reading for general
understanding of the story
Correct all obvious
errors(spelling, titles, etc.)
Second reading
Content Editing
Check again (if all information
is there, redundancy,
appropriateness of words)
Third Reading
Fourth Reading
 Style Editing
Check (correctness of
grammar and paragraphing)
Third reading
Fourth reading
Thank
you!!!
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you!!!
 Overall readability of the article.
Correct spelling of names of persons, places and events.
Accuracy of facts (eg. Martial Law
- Sept. 21, 1972, or was it 1973).
Consistency in Style (eg. U.S. or US, Arroyo or Macapagal
Arroyo or GMA?
Missing element (eg. Punctuation marks, tagliness, bylines)
 Headline title: Most important part of story.

Encourages readers to read the story.

 Functions
Catches readers attention
Tells gist of the story
Shows storys importance compared to
others on the page or spread
 Characteristics of a good headline
Factually accurate
Grammatically correct
Has punch
Uses active voice
Uses fresh or novel approach
Fits available space
o Read and fully understand a story before
attempting to compose its Headline.
o Edit the headline and rewrite if
necessary
o BAD EXAMPLE
(Philippine Daily Inquirer)
FVR factor makes GMA hays tough

o WORSE EXAMPLE
(Philippine Collegian)
Fratmen, student appeal suspension to Roman

o WORST EXAMPLE
(Philippine Collegian)
Bomb threat scares CMC, three other building.
 unit jilft and all punctuations except the
em dash (-), and the question mark (?)
1 unit the question mark, space, all figures,
capital JILTF, all lower case letters except jiltf.
1 units the em dash (-), lower case m and w
and all capital letters except capital M and W and
JILF.
2 units capital M,W.
 Slugline is placed at the uppermost left part
of the copy with the following information:

Writers Initial
Year and Issue No. (of Publication)
Slug (a word or phrase about the copy)
Date (for which the copy will be published)

Example
RBS
Year XIII, No. 1
NAT 10 Result
09-28-10
 Enclose in parenthesis the number of
columns, font size, and the font style after
the unit counting of the headline.

Example:
(2 24 BB)
(columns font size font style)