Copyreading and

Headline Writing
By Abigail Jimenez-Alfajora
Correcting / Editing
1. Basic writing skills
Indention Punctuation
Capitalizatio Spelling
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2. Grammar
3. Structure
4. Facts
LET US REVIEW THE
DIFFERENT
SYMBOLS USE IN
COPYREADING.
pres. BENIGNO duterte finaaly arrived in city
marawi before dawn yester day.
THE president president did not anouncd her
tripto Baguio w/c officials said wasrepaeted ly hed
by bad weather that also had hampered eforts 2
liberate the islamic city frm militants.
DUTerte left davao City early yes terday
noonafter 4 cagayan de OROcity from were he
took a heli cofter 2 Palawan
sumampa na ngayon sa limang daan tatlongput
pitong bilang ng mga na sawi sa nagpatuloy
nabakbakn sa Manila City sa ika55 na arawkahapon

atay sa datos na ibinabahagi ni amred forces

of the phil.spokesperson BRIG. Gen. restituto
PADILLA, ninety-three ditto ay sa mula hanayng
pamamahalaan samanmantalang 399 nag nasawi
mulasa nigpa ngmga terrorist a
1. Memories the symbols and its usage
2. Read the entire article first.

3. Locate the LEAD.

4. Start editing (apply the symbols)
5. Arrange the paragraphs
1. Follow the Subject–Verb–Object rule (S-V-O)
A bettor from Dapitan City in Zamboanga de
Norte won the jackpot in the 6/49 Super lotto drawn on
August 17, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office
(PCSO) announced yesterday.

Sugatan ang isang preso matapos itong saksakin

ng kapwa nito inmate dahil sa dating alitan sa
maximum security compound ng New Bilibid Prison
(NBP) sa Muntinlupa City kamakalawa.
2. Do not use period.
3. Use comma to replace the word “and”
A fisherman was reported missing while his
six companions were rescued when their fishing
boat collided with a barge off E. B. Magalona town
in Negros Occidental Friday morning.

Isang limang taong gulang na bata ang

idineklarang dead on arrival sa ospital habang 10
iba pa ang sugatan matapos sumabog ang isang
improvise bomb sa Cotabato City kahapon ng
hapon.
4. Do not use articles (a, an, the)
5. Use acronyms
6. Do not use names unless the person/ organization
is well known
Santander dies in car mishap
Businessman dies in car mishap
7. The first letter of the headlines should all be in
capital letter and the rest are in lower case except for
proper nouns
8. Use infinitive for future events
 A shell fish ban was imposed in Bataan for
almost 10 months was lifted yesterday by the
Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources.

A Filipina nurse who returned to the country

last week from Saudi Arabia has tested positive for
the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome – Corona
Virus (MERS-CoV), the Department of Health
said yesterday.
 Isang inhinyero na opisyal din ng Bureau of
Internal Revenue (BIR) sa Quezon City ang nasawi
matapos na dalawang ulit na barilin sa ulo ng isa sa
apat na mga armadong holdaper sa tapat ng isang
gasolinahan sa Mandaluyong City.

Kinumpirma ni Justice Secretary Vitaliano

Aguirre II ngayong Biyernes na tetestigo ang mga High
profile inmates ng New Bilibid Prison laban kay Sen.
Leila de Lima.
 Let us
Practice!!!