COPYREADING

-is the art of arranging, correcting and selecting the quality and type of the news

-also called as copyediting

-Copyreader/copyeditor is the one who edits copies.

 Slug line - pangalan ng pahayagan / name of the paper

- isang salita na tumutukoy sa balita/ news story
- pangalan ng mang-uulat/reporter
- petsa /date

Example:

Balita
A(H1N1)
MMS
2-2-13

 Printer’s Direction
Halimbawa:
3-20TNRB
-Ang bilang na 3 ay ang ulo ng balita na pagkasyahin sa tatlong kolum
-Ang bilang na 20 ay ang laki ng tipo/ font size na gagamitin
-Ang TNR ay ang font style na Times New Roman
-Ang B ay nangangahulugang Bold o maitim na tipo ng titik

POINTERS:
 Numbers
- 1-9 are written in words.
- 10 and bove are written in figures.
EXCEPTIONS:
- Dates, address are always written in figures.
- Proper nouns may be written in figures or words.
- The beginning of a sentence must always be written in words.
- Events: 1st -9th is allowed
 Spelling
- Look for misspelled words.
- Use American English (English Category)
- If a word that has more than one accepted spelling, the shortest one is
preferred. Example: judgment instead of judgement
 Capitalization
- The first letter of the sentence is always capitalized.
- Proper nouns are capitalized.
- Small letters are usually used for title o position. Example: Mrs. Aguas, the
manager of Mishu Company
 Abbreviations
- Spell out Dept., gov’t and other abbreviations.
- The abbreviations Jr. and Sr. are allowed in names.
- A title or position of a person may be abbreviated if it appears before the name.
Example: Sen. Villanueva, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte

 Acronyms
- Acronyms are usually written in capital letters.
Example: DENR, WHO
- When the 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)
 Paragraph
- The first sentence of a paragraph is indented.
 Lead
- There should be no names of unknown persons in the lead.
- The standard lead answers the 5Ws and 1H
 Grammar/Balarila
- Check for errors in:
 Tenses of verbs
 Subject-verb agreement
 Articles (a, an, the)
 Punctuations
 Period (.)
- used at the end of declarative and imperative sentences( pasalaysay/pautos)
- used in abbreviations ( Sr. Jr. Corp. Inc.)
- Do not use periods for acronyms of schools, organizations, and offices.
 Comma (,)
- used to separate month and day from the year
- used to separate the street, barangay, town and province
- used to separate facts concerning victims and suspects.
Example: Jolas Burayag, 17, of Barangay San Fernando Norte
- do not use comma to separate the abbrevations Jr. , Sr., or III
 Hyphen (-)
Use hyphen
- in most compound nouns ( editor-in-chief)
- in fractions (two-thirds)
- in numerals (twenty-two)
 Quotation Marks (" ")
- Used in direct quotations. Indirect quotations do not need them.
Example: “I forgot it,” he said – DIRECT
He said he forgot it – INDIRECT
- Periods and commas are written first before closing quotation marks.
 - Quotation marks are used to set off titles of events, shows, movies,
books, etc. Example. We watched “Train to Busan.”
- Used to set off alias or nicknames. Example : Ramon “ Bong” Revilla Jr.
 Apostrophe (‘)
- Used in possessive form of the noun. Example : The teacher’s table
- In contractions : I’m (I am)

REMINDERS:

1. Delete editorializing words/ phrases. (adjectives)

2. Watch out for jumbled letters, words and paragraphs.
3. Check for joined/disjoined words. ( class room, newteacher)
4. Check for redundancies ( the concert the concert happened )
5. After editing the news story, write 30 at the end of the article. If it is no yet finished,
write more in English or pa in Filipino at the bottom of the page.
Fil: “pa”

HEADLINE WRITING
Tips:

1. First, read the story.

2. Clues to the headline are usually in the lead:
- What happened? Ano ang nangyari?
- Who did what? Sino ang tinutukoy sa balita?
- How did it happen? Paano ito nangyari?
3. Use the shortest words possible.
4. Have a subject and a verb. Avoid starting with a verb.
5. Use historical present tense if the verb is in the active voice.
6. Omit helping verbs if the verb is in the passive voice.
Example: Wrong: Drug dealers are arrested Correct: Drug dealers arrested
7. Use the infinitive for future events.
Example: Wrong : Vasquez will run for senator Correct: Vasquez to run for senator
8. Do not use period at the end of the headline.
9. Omit articles (a, an, the) Pantukoy (ang, ang mga, si, sina)
10. Use comma instead of and. Gumamit ng kuwit sa halip na at.
Example: Lacson, Trillanes no show at SONA
Lacson, Trillanes di sumipot sa SONA
11.Use semicolon to separate sentences.
Examples: Gina Lopez heads Pasig body; Noy swears in 35 other execs
12. Always give the source of a quote. Quotation marks are not needed, a dash or a colon
will serve its purpose.
Example: Crackdown on errant bus firms-Enrile
Enrile: Crackdown on errant bus firms
13. Use only widely known abbreviations.
14. Don’t use names unless the person is well-known.
15. Use specific terms instead of generalities.
Example: Wrong : Trader killed Correct: Trader stabbed to death
16. Just report the facts.