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COPYREADING

Copyreading is the process of editing articles to ensure factual accuracy, grammatical correctness, adherence to style, and freedom from libel. A good copyreader must possess strong English skills, knowledge of the stylebook, and attention to detail, utilizing various tools for the task. The steps in copyreading include verifying facts, correcting errors, ensuring smooth readability, and writing effective headlines.

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COPYREADING

Copyreading is the process of editing articles to ensure factual accuracy, grammatical correctness, adherence to style, and freedom from libel. A good copyreader must possess strong English skills, knowledge of the stylebook, and attention to detail, utilizing various tools for the task. The steps in copyreading include verifying facts, correcting errors, ensuring smooth readability, and writing effective headlines.

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COPYREADING

HEADLINE
WRITING
COPYREADING
Copyreading is just another word for
editing.
A copyreader is an editor.
The errors that would happen without a
smart, diligent copyreader are endless.
A copyreader is a specialist who improves
the story and makes it worthy of having a
space in the newspaper.
THE COPYREADER’S JOB
Copyreading, therefore, is necessary for the
following reasons:
1.The article must be factually accurate.
2.The article must be correct grammatically.
3.The newspaper’s style should be followed.
4.The article must be free from libelous
statements.
5.The story needs an effective style and headline.
A good copyreader must:
• Be good in English
• Know his stylebook
• Have a mastery of copyreading symbols
• Know the paper’s policy
Be observant of details as well as perceptive of
the overall view of the article.

Have the following tools always ready for use:


paper’s stylebook, dictionary, printer’s type
catalogue, other reference materials.
STEPS IN COPYREADING

Initial each copy read.


Get an overview of the story.
Correct the grammar, punctuation, spelling.
Check if every aspect conforms with your
stylebook.
STEPS IN COPYREADING
Verify the accuracy of facts and determine
whether the story contains all the essential
information.

Correct errors in lead facts, proper


subordination of details, paragraphing
STEPS IN COPYREADING
STEPS IN COPYREADING
Look out for editorializing, biases and possible
grounds for libel.
Read the story to check if it reads smoothly and
that all corrections have been made.

Write the headline.

Write the printers direction.


COPYREADER'S MARKS

philippines Three short lines under


a letter or word indicate
that it is to be
capitalized
Science Club A line drawn through a
capital letter indicates that it
is not to be capitalized.

57 = Fifty seven

Ten =10 A circle around a number


spelled out indicates
that it is to be set in
figures
Saint Abbreviate a spelled
= St.
word

St. = Saint Spell an abbreviated word

No. = Number

2 =Two Set a number or figure in word

^ Caret which means insert a


word or words, or letter
Example th e
: in mountain
^
= Transposition
example: apple red

= delete a word

example: The sturdy able-


bodied man

Stet = disregard correction


stet
example: The slow learner students
have to attend special classes

# or 30 = end signs / symbol


class room Curve lines connecting
words indicate that
the words are to be
joined.
Lastweek A vertical or oblique
line between two
letters indicates that they
are to be separated.
“ pigskin " Quotation marks are set
off in V-shaped marks,
which indicate
whether they are
beginning or ending marks.
Ave. or Ave. A period in a circle or a
cross indicates a

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