Copy Reading and Headline Writing

HEADLINE STYLES
 All caps
Ex: ABU SAYYAF FREES PINAY HOSTAGE
 Cap and lower case (Clc)
Ex: Abu Sayyaf Frees Pinay Hostage
 Downstyle (ds) - the most preferable headline style
Ex: Abu Sayyaf frees Pinay hostage

HEADLINE TYPES
 Flush Left (fl) – both lines are flushed to the left margin; usually consists of 2 lines
Ex: Local boy scouts
bleed for a cause
 Dropline or Step Form – first line is flushed left while the 2nd line is indented; may consist of
2-3 lines, so that 1st line is flushed left, 2nd centered, and 3rd is
flushed right
Ex: Local boy scouts
bleed for a cause
 Inverted Pyramid – consists of 3-4 lines, each is successively shorter than the line above it
Ex: School launches
Kalinisan
Drive
 Hanging Indention – the first line is flushed left followed by two indented parallel lines;

consists of 3 lines
Ex: Chief editor
bats for more
development news
 Crossline or Barline – a one-line headline that runs across the column (if it runs across
the page, it is called a ‘streamer’)
Ex: Local students join Clean Drive
 Boxed headline – headlines are boxed
a. Full box c. Quarter box - Community involvement
Science camp theme

b. Half box - Community involvement

Science camp theme

UNIT COUNTING IN HEADLINES

Letters
Small letters Capital Letters
½ -jlift 1 -JLIFT
1½ -mw 2 -MW
1 - remaining small letters 1½ - remaining capital letters
Punctuation Marks, Numbers, Other Symbols
1 - ? 0-9 $ P % - (space)
1 ½ - em dash (–)
½ - all other remaining punctuation marks

PRINTER’S DIRECTIONS (PD)

Format for headline’s PD: # of columns - font size - font family (total unit counts)
# of lines, headline style, headline type
Example: (headline) (PD)
Local boy scouts 2 - 28 - TNR - B (31.5 u.c.)
bleed for a cause 2, ds, dl

*TNR – B (Times New Roman Bold)

Guide:

No. of Columns No. of Lines Font Size Ems per line

(for body schedule only)
1 3-4 18-22 12
2 1-2 24-28 25
3 1 30-38 38
4 1 40---- 51
5 1 ----72 63

Format for Body schedule’s PD: total pts./line 11 pts.

font family Tahoma Bold
# of ems 25 ems - Lead

11 pts.
Tahoma Normal - Body
25 ems

SLUG LINE
Format:

Structure
Name of Paper
Key Word
Initials/Date
MARIAN VOICE SEMINAR WORKSHOP 2019 Copy Reading and Headline Writing
NAME:________________________________________ Date: _______________

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Headline

At last, the Philippines will be getting real warships.

Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin on Thur said the government was planning to buy next year its first

two modern warships armed with surface to air and surface to surface missiles and capable of

hunting down submarines in the West Philippine Sea.

Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo said this would be the first time that the Philippines

would have warships with missiles and other modern armaments. Gazmin said the Department of

National Defense was looking to acquire the missile frigates from the Italian Navy. The two

Maestrale-class frigates cost P eleven point seven billion.

These are warships, Gazmin said in a press conference. “They have antisubmarine capabilities and

surface-to-air missiles. This is really for battle against the stubborn and abusive Chinese.” We

could get the frigates by November next year.”

He said the frigates would be “more lethal” than the Hamilton-class cutters the US Coast Guard

was selling to the Philippines.

The Maestrale class of frigates was initially commissioned for the Italian Navy in 1982. They were

primarily designed for antisubmarine warfare but are also capable of fighting on the surface and

shooting down aircraft.

Equiped with several electronic warfare systems, these ships also have torpedos, long-range guns

and automatic weapons. This is why the budget for education was cut.

The Italian Navy will retire these frigates next January, Manalo said.

At last, the Philippines will be getting real warships.

Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin on Thursday said the government was planning to buy next
year its first two modern warships armed with surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles and
capable of hunting down submarines in the West Philippine Sea.

Defense Undersecretary Fernando Manalo said this would be the first time that the Philippines
would have warships with missiles and other modern armaments.

Gazmin said the Department of National Defense was looking to acquire the missile frigates from
the Italian Navy. The two Maestrale-class frigates cost P11.7 billion.

“These are warships,” Gazmin said in a press conference. “They have antisubmarine capabilities
and surface-to-air missiles. This is really for battle. We could get the frigates by November next
year.”

He said the frigates would be “more lethal” than the Hamilton-class cutters the US Coast Guard
was selling to the Philippines.

The Maestrale class of frigates was initially commissioned for the Italian Navy in 1982. They were
primarily designed for antisubmarine warfare but are also capable of fighting on the surface and
shooting down aircraft.

Equipped with several electronic warfare systems, these ships also have torpedos, long-range guns
and automatic weapons. This is why the budget for education was cut.

The Italian Navy will retire these frigates next January, Manalo said.
MARIAN VOICE SEMINAR WORKSHOP 2019 Copy Reading and Headline Writing
NAME:________________________________________ Date: _______________

________________________________________
Ulo ng balita

Nakaipon ng puwersang umaabot sa isandaan at labingpitong congressmen ang grupo ng mga

nagtutulak sa Freedom of Information (FOI) bill kaya pini-pressure na ng mga ito ang House

committee on information na pagtibayin na ito

Ito ang nabatid matapos makakuha ng 117 signatures mula sa dalawang daan walumput apat na

congressmen ang Righ to Know Coalition para suportahan ang nasabing panukalang butas

kahitwala ito sa agenda ni Pang. Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino II sa kanyang katatapos na State of the

National Address (SONA).

“117 members of the 15th Congress signed a manifesto declaring their support for the passage of

the Freedom of Information bill,” pahayag ni Akbayan partylist Rep. Walden Bello.

Ayon sa mambabatas, tulad ng Reproductive Health (RH) bill na dapat ay matagal ng naipasa,

mahalaga din and FOI bill dahil ito ang magagamit na sandata ng mga tao sa bayan para tumulong

sa kampanya laban sa katiwalian sa gobyerno.