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 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!!