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1. CAMPUS JOURNALISM COPYREADING

2. What is copyreading?

3. •I t is the art of arranging, correcting, and selecting the quality and type of news. •I t is also called copyediting. •O ne who edits copies is called a copyreader or copyeditor.

4. Edit errors on grammar (Spelling, tenses, agreement, etc.) Edit errors of fact ( Accuracy check) Edit verbose copy Deletes opinion or slant and libelous statements. Writes the headline . RESPONSIBILITIES OF A COPYEDITOR

5. THE EDITED COPY

6. COPYEDITING SYMBOLS

7. COPYEDITING SYMBOLS

8. COPYEDITING SYMBOLS

9. COPYEDITING SYMBOLS

10. COPYEDITING SYMBOLS

11. POINTERS IN COPYEDITING

12. •The numbers 1-9 are written in words while the numbers 10 and above are written in figures. Example: n ine student 13 children NUMBERS

13. 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. NUMBERS

14. • Look for misspelled words. • Here in the Phillipines, Amwerican English is used, not British English. Ex. c olor, not colour • If a word has more than one accepted spelling, the shorter one is preferred. Ex. Judgment, instead of judgement. SPELLING

15. • The first letter of the sentence is always capitalized. • Proper nouns are capitalized, common nouns are not. Ex. s inger Regine Velasquez CAPITALIZATION

16. • Small letters are usually used for title or position. Ex. Mrs. Cecilia Burayag, the principal of BCIS, delivered the opening remarks. • Capitalized titles: Governor Umali CAPITALIZATION

17. • Spell out Dept., gov`t, and other abbreviations. • The abbreviations Jr. and Sr. are allowed in names. • Remember: Engr. Emmanuel Delgado; Engineer Delgado 12 Dimagiba St.; Dimagiba Street ABBREVIATIONS

18. • 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 yesterday. The senator filed another taxation bill yesterday. ABBREVIATIONS

19. • Acronyms are usually written in capital letters. Example: BCIS • Check if the letters of the acronyms are in the correct order. ACRONYMS

20. • When an acronyms 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) ACRONYMS

21. • The first sentence of a paragraph is indented. • In news stories, the rule is one paragraph, one sentence only. PARAGRAPH

22. •There should be no names of unknown persons in the lead. • Check for buried leads. • The standard lead answers the 5 Ws and 1 H. LEAD

23. Check for errors in: • Tense of Verbs •Subject- Verb Agreement • Pronoun- Antecedent Agreement • Articles (a, an, the) GRAMMAR

24. •Reme m ber: he said and not said he; Aquino said and not said Aquino • Remember: three- day training and not three- days training. Trained for three days and not trained for three-days. GRAMMAR

25. •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. •Acronyms of schools, organizations and offices do not need periods .• PUNCTUATION: PERIOD .

26. 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 Burayag , 17, of Barangay San Fernando Norte PUNCTUATION: COMMA ,

27. Do not use commas: • to separate the abbreviation Jr., Sr., or III from the name. Ex: Emmanuel Delgado Jr. PUNCTUATION: COMMA ,

28. Use hyphen: • in most compound nouns Ex: editor-in-chief, officer-in-charge in fractions • in fractions Ex: two-thirds, three-fourths in numerals • in numerals Ex: twenty-two, fifty-nine PUNCTUATION: HYPHEN -

29. •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

30. •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 an alias or nickname. Ex. Ramon "Bong" Revilla Jr. Juan Chua a.k.a. "Boy Singkit " PUNCTUATION: QUOTATION MARKS

31. •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) PUNCTUATION: APOSTROPHE

32. •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

33. •Check for redundancies (recurring words/phrases/paragraphs, synonymous or redundant terms). Ex. the concert the concert ended REMEMBER: After editing the news story, write 30 at the end of the article. If the article is not yet finished, write more at the bottom of the page. REMINDERS

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