getting to the next step through copy editing! amy fezza copy editing professor salas spring 2010

Getting to the Next Step Through Copy Editing!

Amy FezzaCopy Editing

Professor SalasSpring 2010

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

Applying Copy Editing to the Newspaper!

Taking the Next Step:Editing Articles!

Trying to Breathe:Learning from the Editor

All by Myself:Dissecting the AP Stylebook

Making it Work:Applying Information

The End Result:It Worked!

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!

My Final Work of the Spring semester!

Able to write and edit!!