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Getting to the Next Step Through Copy Editing!

Getting to the Next Step Through Copy Editing!. Amy Fezza Copy Editing Professor Salas Spring 2010. Overview. Major and Concentration: Communication Arts/Journalism Experience/Job: Writing for the Ramapo News Tasks Performed: On-location events, interviewing, producing articles

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Getting to the Next Step Through Copy Editing!

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  1. Getting to the Next Step Through Copy Editing! Amy Fezza Copy Editing Professor Salas Spring 2010

  2. Overview Major and Concentration: Communication Arts/Journalism • Experience/Job: Writing for the Ramapo News • Tasks Performed: On-location events, interviewing, producing articles • Class that corresponded: Newswriting • Past Courses and Experience: • Writing for the Ramapo News and taking Newswriting at the same time, I was able to form articles • Current Courses and Experience: • Editing for the Ramapo News by applying information learned from Copy Editing

  3. Applying Copy Editing to the Newspaper!

  4. Taking the Next Step:Editing Articles!

  5. Trying to Breathe:Learning from the Editor

  6. All by Myself:Dissecting the AP Stylebook

  7. Making it Work:Applying Information

  8. The End Result:It Worked!

  9. What I’ve Learned & Accomplished • How to: • Process • Identifying potential changes – can take many forms • Improving (accuracy and clarity) • Approach a problem • Common Errors: • Losing track of the subject • Misspelled words • Punctuation • Dates • Numbers (differences) • Headlines & Captions • I’ve become the News Editor for the Ramapo News • I’ve come one step closer to achieving my goal: to be a journalist!

  10. My Final Work of the Spring semester! Able to write and edit!!

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