COPYREADING is another word for

editing.
Copyreading comes from the words
copy and reading.
•Copy is the typewritten material sent to
the typesetter.
*Reading is the editing or correcting
errors.
 …To help make the newspaper bring
accurate information to the reader.
… To save the newspaper from
criticism, libel suits, and
embarrassment.
A. Checks the CONTENT
1. Facts
2.Grammar
3. Spelling
4. Capitalization
A. Checks the CONTENT
6. Abbreviations
7.Acronyms
8. Punctuations
9. Numbers
B. Marks copy using symbols
C. Writes the Headline

D. Writes Printer’s
Direction or Printer’s
Mark and Slug
 Copyreading symbols
Symbols Meaning Outcome

The Bionic Woman “The Bionic Woman”

Dr Arthur Cruz Jr Dr. Arthur Cruz Jr.

… said “I must go.” …said, “I must go.”

… in Nov. …in November

Doctor Cruz Dr. Cruz

twenty boys 20 boys

2 girls were… Two girls were…

pasay city Pasay City

Fe Cruz Principal Principal Fe Cruz

Pamp let Pamphlet

Wehave time We have time

…said Cruz. …said Cruz. PSI Santos

PSI Santos agreed

…said Cruz. PSI Santos …said Cruz.

PSI Santos agreed
DISCLAIMER
 Itis difficult to come up with a single
set of symbols to use in copyreading.
Different books provide different
standards in copyreading symbols.
There may be inconsistencies of
symbols used in this presentation to
symbols you may have seen in other
books or other lectures/trainings.
HEADLINE
WRITING
SHORT WORDS
Wrong:PTA meeting won’t be held
Right: PTA meeting cancelled
 What is Printer’s Direction?
 Example:
2-16TNRI
2 -means the headline will run across
two columns of the page
16 -stands for the font size to be used
TNRI- refers to the font type
Times New Roman-Italics
ANOTHER DISCLAIMER
 Itis difficult to reconcile differing
styles on how to write the printer’s
mark or printer’s direction. The style
presented to you is the style presented
in a journalism book 2015 edition.
There are styles that require two PMs.
One for the head and one for the body.
SLUG IS STORY NAME
…It is used for the purposes of identification and
record keeping. It is usually written in a single
word.

Ex. Weather-for a weather story

Council- for a council meeting
Drowning-for a story about death by
drowning