The Associated Press Stylebook 2009 / Edition 43

by Associated Press

Overview

The style of the Associated Press is the gold standard of news writing. With The AP Stylebook in hand, you can learn to write with the clarity and professionalism for which the Associated Press is famous. Fully revised and updated, this new edition contains more than 3,000 A to Z entries—including more than 200 new ones—detailing the AP’s rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation and word and numeral usage. New entries include anti-spyware, high-definition, iPhone, outsourcing, podcast, text messaging, social networking, snail mail, WMD and Wikipedia.

You’ll also find answers to such widespread questions as:

• How should bankruptcy and mergers and acquisitions be covered?
• When should the names of government bodies or businesses be spelled out and when should they be abbreviated?
• What are the general definitions of the major religious movements?
• Which companies do the big media conglomerates own?
• Who are all the members of the British Commonwealth?
• What constitutes “fair use”?
• How should box scores for baseball games be filed, and how should sports terms like minicamp and wild card be used
• What exactly does the Freedom of Information Act cover?

With invaluable additional sections on the unique guidelines for business and sports reporting and on how you can guard against libel and copyright infringement, The AP Stylebook is the one reference that all writers, editors and students cannot afford to be without.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780465012626
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	06/08/2009
Edition description:	Forty-third Edition
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

The Associated Press (www.ap.org) is the essential global news network, delivering fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world to all media platforms and formats. Founded in 1846, AP today is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information. On any given day, more than half the world's population sees news from AP.

Table of Contents

Foreword     vi
Bibliography     viii
Stylebook     3
Sports Guidelines and Style     276
Business Guidelines and Style     299
A Guide to Punctuation     321
Briefing on Media Law     334
Photo Captions     378
Graphics     387
Filing the Wire
Coding Requirements     390
Keyword Slugline     393
Filing Practices     395
Procedures for Handling Kills and Correctives     412
Editing Marks     418
About the AP     419