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9780465004898

Associated Press Stylebook : And Briefing on Media Law

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    9780465004898

  • ISBN10:

    046500489X

  • Edition: 42nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2007-07-09
  • Publisher: Basic Books
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Summary

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 50 new ones-detailing the AP's rules on grammar, spelling, punctuation, capitalization, abbreviation and word and numeral usage. You'll find answers to such wide-ranging questions as: 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? How should box scores for baseball games be filed? What constitutes "fair use"? What exactly does the Freedom of Information Act cover? Book jacket.

Author Biography

The Associated Press (www.ap.org) is a not-for-profit news cooperative, providing coverage of news, sports, business, weather, entertainment, politics, and technology in text, audio, video, graphics, and photos to 15,000 news outlets worldwide. 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 241 bureaus worldwide and more than 3,500 employees.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. vi
Bibliographyp. viii
Stylebookp. 3
Sports Guidelines and Stylep. 276
Business Guidelines and Stylep. 299
A Guide to Punctuationp. 321
Briefing on Media Lawp. 334
Photo Captionsp. 378
Graphicsp. 387
Filing the Wire
Coding Requirementsp. 390
Keyword Sluglinep. 393
Filing Practicesp. 395
Procedures for Handling Kills and Correctivesp. 412
Editing Marksp. 418
About the APp. 419
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