Copy reading & Headline writing - Copy (1).ppsx

Copyreading & Headline Writing

Ana Marie Contreras-Calapit

Headlines… Persuade readers Break up the page Excite readers

GOOD HEADS DO THREE THINGS: Tell the reader what the story is about Give this information in quick and easy

form Entice the reader to follow the story and

“read all about it”CRHW prepared byAna Marie Contreras-Calapit

Use the present tense

Bohol food crisis fearedvs

Bohol dads fear food crisis

Microcredit access for Agri sector backedvs

Agri Party-list backs microcredit access

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Clark Airport Dev’t Fund soughtvs

Solons bat for airport fund

Misuari trial transferred to Taguigvs

SC rmoves Misuari trial to Taguig



Services resumedvs

DFA reopens services

Ukay-Ukay traders chargedvs

Customs charge Ukay-Ukay traders


Use the Present Tense

20 are hurt as trains crash

ASEAN, US hold special meeting

Drug sting nets 3

20 were hurt as trains crash

ASEAN, US special meeting held

3 drug pushers arrested CRHW prepared by


Use active voice

Polls decided by coin tossvs

Coin toss break poll ties

Whistle-blowers are sued by solonvs

Bong sues whistle-blowers


Use active voice President’s DAP stand is backed by allies

vs Allies back Noy on DAP stand

Top police officials are sent back to school by NCRPO

vs NCRPO sends top police officials

back to school CRHW prepared byAna Marie Contreras-Calapit

Use active voice Man with P25-M shabu is arrested by police

vs Makati sting nets man with P25-M shabu

1 dead, 7 hurt in Zambo blastvs

Zambo blast kills 1, hurts 7CRHW prepared byAna Marie Contreras-Calapit

Use active voice

Bank manager is shot by masked

men Grocery robbed

by children Two jail guards

caught gambling fired

Masked men shoot bank manager

Children rob grocer

Chief fires gambling jail guards


Future event – use infinitive ‘to’

P8 billion to solve Bataan flooding Surigao to boost seaweed industry DOJ panel to pursue raps vs Misuari et

al. CamSur power rates to increase in

December Japan to spend $500 million to fix

Fukushima leaksCRHW prepared byAna Marie Contreras-Calapit

Is, are, the & a

The mayor’s wife is hurt in a car crash

The forensic experts are in Manila

An American tourist is slain

Mayor’s wife hurt in car crash

Forensic experts arrive in Manila

Psycho slays American tourist


Is, are, the & a The cop in a lawyer’s slay surrenders Cop in lawyer’s slay surrenders

The meteor showers are visible over PH Meteor showers visible over PH

5 soldiers are hurt in a clash with the NPA rebels

5 soldiers hurt in clash with NPA rebels


Is, are, the & a A suspected bomb-maker is gunned down Cops kill suspected bomb-maker

The Comelec is urged to uphold the ouster of party-list groups

Poll watchdog urges Comelec to uphold ouster of party-list groups

A barangay captain is slain in Abra Hired guns slay village chief in Abra


Omission that leads to ambiguity

President says good education is way to the top


Labels

Tourism potentials P210 million to boost Davao tourism

Auxiliary services Civilian groups beef up Coast Guard


Labels

Day-care upgrading Sarangani allots P2.5 million for day-

care centers

Tagum port P3 billion int’l port construction to start

in 2014


Use verbs that paint a picture Typhoon Pablo hits

Northern Mindanao

Typhoon Pablo lashes Northern Mindanao

• Tubbataha mgmt: Chinese boat wrecked 4,000 sq m of reef

• ‘Yolanda’ roars toward Visayas• Cyclone wreaks havoc in India


Avoid words that add nothing to the power of the headline

Valuable jewelry stolen

Big reduction in tax on beer

President’s SONA speech

Thieves grab 15,000 gems

Beer tax cut by 20 percent

President pledges better conditions for labor



PLDT to expand fiber network investment in Bohol

PLDT to invest P1 billion in Bohol fiber network

6 administration senators DAP recipients

6 senators get P100 million each from DAP CRHW prepared by



Salcedo heads UN’s climate change body

Albay governor leads UN agency with $100 billion climate fund

Teachers say no to poll work 700 teachers shun poll duty


Abbreviations Government – gov’t Department – dep’t Intramurals – intrams

Initials FED for the police means Firearms and

Explosives Division FED for economists mean Foreign

Exchange Division of banks or the US Federal Reserve


Punctuations CommasRidiculousCouncilorCalls rates rise

FOR

Ridiculous,CouncilorCalls rates rise

DashWe will stay in power

—presidentWife tried to stab me

— court told


Quotation marks: To indicate doubt

- ‘Dead’ man attends own funeral- ‘Lost’ boy safe in bed- Show ‘proof’ of corruption, senator

urges critics


Simplicity is the key

Witnessed – saw Depart – go Consultations – talks Commence – start Purchase – buy Line-up – slate Recommend – urge Appropriate – due


Verbal deadwood for the reason that - because a large proportion - many at the present time - now succumbed to injuries - died at an early date - soon is of the opinion that - believes In the neighborhood of - near In the event of - in case


Verbal deadwood

In spite of the fact that- although Draw attention of - remind Tendered his resignation - resigned Affixed his signature - signed United in holy matrimony - married Held a conference - met Told his listeners - said


Unit Counting

j i l t f - ½ J I L T F - 1 ? - 1 space - 1 All figures- 1 all small

letters-1 dash - 1 ½ small m, w- 1

½ M, W - 2 All caps except M W J I L T F – 1 ½


Copy reading symbols

SYMBOL-Professor Juan Masipag

MEANINGAbbreviate

-Prof. Masipag Spell out word

- Bought ten cans Set in numerals

- 8 participants Spell out


SYMBOL- Local govermnent

MEANINGTranspose letters

- Administration school Transpose words

- Manila, philippines Set in capitals

- She Edited the Set in lower case- occassion Delete letter

- The new recruits Delete & close up

- Pretty girlthe Insert word

- occurencer

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SYMBOL

…over. He said

MEANING

Begin a new paragraph

anew dress separate

Gentle man Close up

Species Homo sapiens

Set in italics


“

,‘

SYMBOL

Dr Juan Flavier

MEANING

Put period

Mary s book Insert apostrophe

“I don’t believe it,she said

Insert quotation mark

Los Angeles California Insert comma

six year old boy Insert hyphen- -CRHW prepared byAna Marie Contreras-Calapit

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