The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law 2018

by Associated Press

Overview

A fully revised and updated edition of the bible of the newspaper industry.

The style of The Associated Press is the gold standard for news writing. With The AP Stylebook in hand, you can learn how to write and edit with the clarity and professionalism for which their writers and editors are famous.


The AP Stylebook will help you master the AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation, word and numeral usage, and when to use "more than" instead of "over." To make navigating these specialty chapters even easier, the Stylebook includes a comprehensive index.

Fully revised and updated to keep pace with world events, common usage, and AP procedures, The AP Stylebook is the one reference that all writers, editors and students cannot afford to be without.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541672383
Publisher:	Basic Books
Publication date:	06/12/2018
Pages:	640
Sales rank:	392,182
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.80(d)

About the Author

The Associated Press (www.ap.org) is a not-for profit news cooperative that delivers fast, unbiased news from every corner of the world. Founded in 1846, AP today is the largest and most trusted source of independent news and information. Distributed by satellite and the Internet to more than 120 nations, AP services daily reach more than one billion people. With headquarters in New York City, the AP has over 3,700 employees in more than 300 locations worldwide.

Table of Contents

Foreword v

About the AP vi

What's new vii

Key to Stylebook entries viii

Stylebook 1

An a-to-z listing of guides to capitalization, abbreviation, spelling, numerals and usage.

Punctuation 319

Business 331

Data journalism 343

Polls and surveys 349

AP social media guidelines 355

Religion 374

Sports 401

Food 432

Fashion 454

Briefing on media law 465

AP statement of news values and principles 509

Broadcast 523

Editing marks 530

Bibliography 531

Index 534