COPY READING FROM DASMARINAS CAVITER.ppt
- 1. Copyreading and Headline Writing Prepared by Prepared by Dennis M. Vidar Dennis M. Vidar
- 2. •Copyreading •Copyreading Symbols •Headline Writing •Printer’s Direction •Headline Style •Unit Count Copyreading and Headline Writing
- 3. Copyreading
- 4. Copyreading – using appropriate symbols in correcting articles Copyreader – corrects errors in grammar, fact, structure and style - eliminates libelous and derogatory statements and opinions
- 6. Pananda sa Pagwawasto ng Sipi pangulo ng pilipinas limbagin sa malaking titik Pag-asa ng Bayan limbagin sa maliit na titik Manila Times limbagin ngmaitim(boldface) Dahil sa Isang Bulaklak limbagin ng palihis(italics)
- 7. Dahil sa iyo, ang sabi niya - lagyan ng panipi Paco Manila - lagyan ng kuwit 2000-01 - lagyan ng kudlit barangay - singitan ng titik isang baayn - pagpalitin ang lugar ng titik
- 8. Jose Lina Jr., Gobernador pagpalitin ang lugar ng salita pinunong ng bayan alisin at pagkabitin Pang. Gloria M. Arroyo isulat nang buo 8 katao isulat nang pasalita labing dalawang katao isulat sa numero o tambilang Doktor Warren Cruz daglatin
- 9. Simula bukas wastong pasok ng talataan kahapon. Simula bukas panibagong talataan natapos ang panayam pagdugtungin Subalit wala pang tiyak o pasunurin pin untahan pagkabitin Malaking Panayam igitna ang subhead
- 10. Panggulo ng Pilipinas alisin at paglapitin Maynilas kaltasin/pungusin Wilfredo Krus hayaang manatili ang pagkabaybay Mabait na bata panatilihin, huwag baguhin more pa may karugtong 30 # - wakas ng artikulo
- 11. Headline Writing
- 12. Headline - title of the news story - windows of the newspapers as they serve as the quick source of info for busy readers
- 13. Headline 1. Where readers (and judges) start a. Think like a reader b. Headlines must be accurate
- 14. Headline 2. Headline writing process: news, features • Be quick but don’t hurry. Remember: judges start here. • Understand the news peg or feature angle • Use the key word system but don’t parrot lead • For news heads: play it straight, summarize the news
- 15. Headline • For feature heads: be creative. • Avoid lazy headline writing. • Don’t fall in love with your own cute, creative puns. The challenge: rewrite and make it better. • Listen to the lone ranger.
- 17. 3 – 18 – BB – 1 ds,fl 3 – number of lines 18 – font size BB – font family 1 – number of column Ds,fl – types of headline
- 18. Headline Styles All caps DASMA BAGS 4TH OVER-ALL CROWN Cap and lower case (Clc) Dasma Bags 4th Over-All Crown Downstyle (ds) Dasma bags 4th over-all crown
- 19. 2 – 24 – Tahoma Bold – 2 ds, justified Body schedule 11 pts. TNR bold - lead 23 ems 11 pts. TNR normal - body 11 ems
- 20. Panuto: Gamit ang mga pananda, iwasto ang sipi at lagyan ng ulo na may 2 linya para sa 2 kolum na may kaukulang bilang na 43. Isulat ang panuto para sa printer. 2 – 28- BB – 2 ds, fl
- 21. Unit Counting in Headlines ½ unit – jiltf , number 1 and all punctuation marks except em dash (—), question mark, dollar, peso and per cent signs. 1 unit – the question mark, space, all figures (0-9) except 1, capital JILTF, dollars, peso and per cent sign and all lower case letters except jiltf 1 ½ units – the em dash, lower case m and w and all capital letters except capital M and W and JILTF 2 units – capital M and W
- 22. Let’s count. 44 Pinoys arriving from Japan - 9 - 7 - 10.5 PNoy pushes for electric tricycles - 31.5 Zaira A. Mascardo - 5 Zaira - 18
- 23. COPYREADING and HEADLINE WRITING Directions: Using the standard copyreading symbols, copy edit the following article and provide a three-column headline. Write the printers direction for the headline, lead and body. Maasim City 3 public higher school in South Leyte capture the top four placers in the national achievement test SAT conducting in march. five others public high school and the province land in the tap thirty awhile eleven elem school is also amongst the tops 30 the tape four school and theyre mean scores percentage (mps) were Rizal national School in Tomas Oppus with 81.48 Marayag national high school in San Francisco will 79.07 end Pintuyan Vocational National high school in Pintuyan with out 78.69 This school are location in fifth class municipality The 3 tops school and 5 other which is all located on backwaters municipal the province town were among the 5,700 schools public nationwide that take the NAT for grade six students
- 24. Parting Tips
- 27. “Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man” - Francis Bacon - Francis Bacon
- 28. Thank you for listening Happy Easter Tuesday
- 29. Functions of a Copyreader 1) Check facts. 2) Corrects errors in grammar, spelling, punctuations, usage, organization and others. 3) Improve news value. 4) Write effective lead. 5) Cut or delete irrelevant materials. 6) Delete “editorializing materials” in a news. 7) Guard against libelous statements. 8) Write headlines and decide its typography. 9) Make copy simple and clear. 10) Make copy conform to the newspaper’s style sheets. 11) Give instruction to the typesetter regarding font type and font size to be used and the number of columns and ems. 12) Indicate corrections by using the copyreading marks.
- 30. DO’s in Writing Headlines 1) Make your headline answer as many W’s possible. 2) The headline should summarize the story. 3) Positive heads are preferable than negative. 4) Omit articles like a, an and the and all forms of verb to be (is, are, be, etc.) unless needed. 5) Use the strongest word in the first line. 6) The active verb is better than the passive verb. 7) Use the present tense for past stories and infinitive form for future stories. 8) Write numbers in figures or spell them out based on your needs for unit counts. 9) Be consistent with headline styles.
- 31. Functions 1) To attract readers 2) To tell the readers what the news is all about 3) To persuade the readers to read as many individual stories as possible 4) To add variety and attractiveness to the page 5) To create distinction or personality of the newspaper
- 32. Headline 1. Where readers (and judges) start a. Think like a reader b. Headlines must be accurate 2. Four imperatives for writing headlines Headlines: – Must be correct (in fact and implication) – Must connect to ordinary readers – Must attract attention – Must set (or match) tone of the article
- 33. Headline 4. The TACT test: Taste-Attractiveness-Clarity- Truth (Ask these questions of each headline) • Is it in good taste? Anything offensive in any way? Can anything be taken a wrong way? • Does it attract the reader’s/judge’s attention? How can it be improved without sacrificing accuracy? • Does it communicate clearly, quickly? Any confusion? Any odd words, double meanings? • Is it accurate, true? Proper words used? Is the thrust of subject-verb true?
- 34. Sir Haballa 2 -30-BB (fl) 2 downstyle 2 – number of columns 30 – font size BB – font family Fl - type of headline according to structure 2 – number of lines ds – type of headline according to style
- 35. Bennet Hernandez 35 – 36- TNRB (45 uc) 3 ds, fl 35 – number of columns in ems (11 ems per column for the elementary) 36 – font size TNRB – font family 45 uc – number of unit counts 3 - number of lines Ds, fl – types of headline
- 36. Benilda Villenas 3 – 18 – Bb – 1 ds,fl 3 – number of lines 18 – font size Bb – font family 1 – number of column Ds,fl – types of headline
- 37. Sir Haballa 1. In dateline news, the first source is always correct Example: MANILA ZOO, Quezon City – 2. Copyreading symbols Deleting a letter - Ex. Anaks Deleting a word or words Ex. Nakamit ng magaling at mahusay na si Sonny Herrera . . . ni
- 38. 3. Deleting a paragraph – box and then write kill 4. Set in lower case - / or = under the word or letter 5. End mark – below center of the page
- 39. Bennet Hernandez 1. Indention symbol in every paragraph 2. Slugline Writer Date Nature/story
- 40. Dr. Villenas 1. Deleting a paragraph – box and then draw a big x 2. 60% copyreading, 40% headline and printer’s 3. Indicate the unit count in your headline 4. Column assignments in the elementary is 11 ems
- 41. Let’s count.