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Copyreading and Headline Writing 1
Copyreading and Headline Writing 1
Headline Writing
FAHD B. AGBULOS
MASTER TEACHER II
SINAIT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
DIVISION OF ILOCOS SUR
REGION I
Copyreading – using appropriate symbols in
correcting articles
Copyreader
– corrects errors in grammar, fact,
structure and style
- eliminates libelous and derogatory
statements and opinions
Pointers in Copy Editing
NUMBERS
• The 1-9 are written in words while
the numbers 10 and above are
written in figures.
Example:
nine students 13 children
Numbers
Exceptions:
• dates, address: always in figures.
• proper nouns: may be written in figures/
words
• beginning of sentence: always in words
• events: 1st-9th is allowed
SPELLING
• Look for misspelled words.
• Here in the Philippines, American English is
used, not British English
Ex. color, not colour
• If a word has more than one accepted
spelling, the shortest one is preferred.
Ex. judgment, instead of judgement
CAPITALIZATION
• The first letter of the sentence is always
capitalized.
• Proper nouns are capitalized, common
nouns are not.
Ex. singer
Regine Velasquez
CAPITALIZATION
• Small letters are usually used for
title or position.
Ex. Mrs. Cecilia Cruz, the principal
of…
• Capitalized titles: Governor
Remulla
ABBREVIATIONS
• Spell out Dept., gov’t, and other
abbreviations.
• The abbreviations Jr. and Sr. are
allowed in names.
ABBREVIATIONS
• A title or position of a person may be
abbreviated if it appears before the
name but not if simply used in the
sentence.
Ex. Sen. Recto filed another taxation bill
The senator filed another taxation bill
ACRONYMS
• Acronyms are usually written in
capital letters.
Ex. BCIS
• Check if the letters of the acronym
are in the correct order.
ACRONYMS
• When an acronym appears for the
first time in a news story, it is
written after its meaning and it is
enclosed in parentheses.
Ex. University of the Philippines (UP)
PARAGRAPH
• The first sentence of a paragraph
is indented.
• In news stories, the rule is one
paragraph, one sentence only.
GRAMMAR
Check for errors in:
• Tenses of verbs
• Subject-verb-agreement
• Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
(agreement in gender and number)
• Articles (a, an, the)
GRAMMAR
• Remember: he said and not said he;
Duterte said and not said Aquino
• Remember: three-day training and not
three-days training.
Trained for three days and not trained
for three-day.
PUNCTUATION: PERIOD
• 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.
PUNCTUATION: COMMA
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.
Ex. Jolas Cruz, 17, of Barangay Salitran,
Dasma
PUNCTUATION: COMMA
Do not use commas:
• To separate the abbreviation Jr., Sr.,
or III from the name.
Ex. Emmanuel Delgado Jr.
PUNCTUATION: HYPHEN
Use hyphen:
• In most compound nouns
Ex. editor-in-chief
• In fractions
Ex. two-thirds, three-fourths
• In numerals
Ex. Twenty-two, fifty-nine
PUNCTUATION: QUOTATION MARKS
• Quotation marks are used in direct
quotations. Indirect quotations do not
need them.
Ex. “I forgot it,” he said.
He said he forgot it.
• Periods and commas are written first
before closing quotation marks.
Ex. “Let’s go to SM,” the boy said.
PUNCTUATION: QUOTATION MARKS
• Quotation marks are used to set off titles
of events, shows, movies, books, etc.
Ex. We watched “The Titanic.”
• Quotation marks are used to set off as
alias or nickname.
Ex. Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.
Juan Chua a.k.a. “Boy Singkit”
PUNCTUATION: APOSTROPHE
• Apostrophes are used in the possessive
form of the noun.
Ex. the teacher’s table
the teachers’ meeting
• In contractions
Ex. I’m (I am)
you’re (you are)
REMINDERS
• Watch out for jumbled letters, words and
paragraphs.
• Check for joined/ disjoined words.
Ex. class room, newteacher
• Delete editorializing words/phrases.
Ex. The very beautiful and intelligent
principal...
The cops were right in arresting…
REMINDERS
• Check for redundancies (recurring
words/phrases/paragraphs, synonymous or
redundant terms).
Ex. the concert the concert ended
• REMEMBER: after editing the news story,
write or 30 at the end# of the article. If
the article is not yet finished, write at
the bottom of the page.more
HEADLINES…
This was after the Supreme Court granted the request of the
Department of Justice (DOJ) to transfer the case from Zamboanga
City due to safety concerns.
Use the Present Tense…
• Auxiliary services
✔ Civilian groups beef up Coast Guard
Labels
• Day-care upgrading
✔ Saranggani allots P2.5 million for day-care
centers
• Tagum port
✔ P3 billion int’l port construction to start in
2015
Use verbs that paint a picture
• Tyhoon Pablo hits Northern Mindanao
✔ Typhoon Pablo lashes Northern Mindanao
Unit counts 20 uc
Font size 36 pts
Font Family/Style Garamond/ds
Columns 2 columns
Line/deck 1 line
BODY SCHEDULE
Lead Body
11 pts 10 pts
TNR Bold TNR light
23 ems 11 ems
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